Koinobori
koinobori 鯉のぼり meaning carp streamer japanese carpshaped windsock traditionally flown japan celebrate tango sekku 端午の節句 traditional calendrical event designated childrens day 子供の日 kodomo hi national holiday japan koinobori made drawing carp pattern paper cloth nonwoven fabric allowed flutter wind also known satsukinobori 皐のぼり childrens day take place may last day golden week largest break worker also week many business state school private school close – day designated national holiday landscape across japan decorated koinobori april early may honor child good future hope grow healthy strong koinobori included unicode uff 🎏 carp streamer typical koinobori set consists top pole pair arrowspoked wheel 矢車 yaguruma ballshaped spinning vane mounting windsock 吹流し fukinagashi finally koinobori windsock koinobori two main kind used fivecolored windsock 五色吹流し based five element chinese philosophy patterned windsock 柄物吹流し often featuring mon 家紋 family crest number meaning carp streamer koinobori fly beneath windsock changed time traditionally set would contain black koinobori representing father followed smaller red koinobori representing eldest son according japanese american national museum traditional childrens song red one higoi represents eldest son boy household additional blue green depending region either purple orange koinobori added government decree converted boy day tango sekku present childrens day kodomo hi holiday came celebrate happiness boy girl result red koinobori came represent mother family uncommon color varied pink similarly color size carp came represent family child son daughter present koinobori commonly flown roof house child biggest black koinobori father next biggest red pink mother additional smaller carp different color child decreasing order age koinobori range centimetre metre long ft long koinobori weighing kg lb made kazo saitama koinobori use since th century edo period – samurai household began decorate yard nobori fukinuke 吹貫 flag colored mon family crest represent military unit tango sekku nobori fukinuke merged first koinobori appeared edo tokyo colorful koinobori modernly known became popular meiji era – though originally exclusive samurai household eventually reached rest population traditionally flown part japanese boy day one carp son girl found counterpart custom hinamatsuri doll day however redesignation may th childrens day family began flying koi every child regardless gender despite connection koinobori male child remains many family still fly daughter koi known ability swim upstream represents courage determination hope child grow healthily symbolism pay homage myth longmen late han dynasty golden koi fish swam waterfall end yellow river became dragon number koinobori included pole variety color increased time accommodate family member originally made handpainting material paper cloth almost entirely fallen use favour synthetic outside rural area silk paper model still sold higher price synthetic related tango sekku tradition include kiteflying kitefighting display samurai doll miniature japanese armor helmet kabuto home bathing iris bathtub consumption kashiwa mochi sticky rice cake wrapped oak leaf shōbusake sake soaked thinly sliced iris root leaf area tradition making young boy crawl koinobori good fortune tradition throughout childrens day child also thank show respect relative parent teacher support throughout life famous koinobori song often sung child family published ehon shōka haru maki picture songbook spring lyric miyako kondō 近藤宮子 composer unknown dragon boat festival medium related koinobori wikimedia common