Families with daughters usually arrange hina-ningyo dolls in traditional Heian court attire on a five or seven-tiered platform covered with a red carpet (hina dan 雛壇). The dolls will be displayed ...

But Suzuki Ningyo, a doll company in Saitama’s Iwatsuki Ward ... According to Kumiko Mase, 73, a researcher of Japanese history who specializes in traditional events, seasonal festivals ...