Vintage Japanese Koinobori Streamer
Cotton fabric dyed with brilliant red, blue, and yellow, this vintage koinobori windsock is iconic to any large Children's Day decoration. It is sewn onto a sturdy ring with rope for easy fastening. It is in the shape of a red koi fish with an open mouth.
Children's Day (kodomo no hi), formerly known as Boy's Day (tango no sekku), is a Japanese national holiday that falls on May 5th on the last day of a string of spring holidays called Golden Week. Koinobori as a whole contains a metal ball with a spinning wheel vane at the top, followed by a many-tailed windsock either rainbow-colored tails or with a family crest, followed by koi streamers. Initially, a black fish traditionally represented the father, a red fish for the eldest son, and other colors for any other sons. Now that the holiday is celebrated for both sons and daughters, the red fish (sometimes pink) often represents the mother, and subsequent colors represent all a family's children.
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