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Sekku</b></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">端午の節句</span></span>)</span>, also known as <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ayame no hi</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (Iris festival)</span>, originally referred to an annual ceremony held at the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_imperial_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese imperial court">Japanese imperial court</a> on May 5. It was one of the five annual court ceremonies called <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Gosekku" title="Gosekku">Gosekku</a></i></span>. Since the <a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a> (1185–1333), when the <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a> class seized power, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> has become an event to ward off evil spirits for samurai boys. <a href="/wiki/Japanese_armour" title="Japanese armour">Japanese armour</a>, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kabuto" title="Kabuto">kabuto</a></i></span> (helmets) and <a href="/wiki/Japanese_sword" title="Japanese sword">Japanese swords</a> were displayed in houses from the Kamakura period to the <a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi period</a> (1333–1573). From the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> (1603–1867), samurai dolls<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">武者人形</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">musha ningyo</i></span>)</span> were displayed in homes, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Koinobori" title="Koinobori">koinobori</a></i></span> (carp streamers) were hung in gardens. From this period, the custom of decorating houses with offerings on <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> spread to the peasant and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dnin" title="Chōnin">chōnin</a></i></span> classes, and paper <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kabuto</i></span> began to be displayed.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the <a href="/wiki/Showa_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Showa era">Showa era</a> (1926–1989), miniatures of samurai armor have become more popular than samurai dolls.<sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until recently, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> was known as <b>Boys' Day</b> (also known as <b>Feast of Banners</b>) while Girls' Day<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Hinamatsuri" title="Hinamatsuri">Hinamatsuri</a></i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span> was celebrated on March 3. In 1948, the government decreed this day to be a national holiday to celebrate the happiness of all children and to express gratitude toward mothers. It was renamed <b><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kodomo_no_Hi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodomo no Hi">Kodomo no Hi</a></i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (Children's Day)</span></b> and changed to include both boys and girls. </p><p>It is the Japanese equivalent of <a href="/wiki/Double_Fifth" class="mw-redirect" title="Double Fifth">Double Fifth</a> and was celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth moon in the <a href="/wiki/Lunisolar_calendar" title="Lunisolar calendar">Lunisolar calendar</a>. After Japan switched to the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, the date was moved to <a href="/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a> (the fifth day of the fifth <i>solar</i> month).<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum948_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum948-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other festivals are celebrated on the same day in <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Duanwu_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Duanwu Festival">Duanwu Festival</a> or Tuen Ng Festival (Cantonese), in Korea as the <a href="/wiki/Dano_(Korean_festival)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dano (Korean festival)">Dano Festival</a>, and Vietnam as <span title="Vietnamese-language text"><i lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt_%C4%90oan_Ng%E1%BB%8D" title="Tết Đoan Ngọ">Tết Đoan Ngọ</a></i></span> on the traditional lunar calendar date. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tango_no_sekku&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tan</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%AB%AF" class="extiw" title="wikt:端">端</a></span></span>)</span> means <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">beginning</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span> and <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">go</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%88" class="extiw" title="wikt:午">午</a></span></span>)</span> is a simplified form of '<a href="/wiki/Horse_(zodiac)" title="Horse (zodiac)">horse</a>'<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">⾺</span></span>)</span>, referring to the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_zodiac#Months_and_solar_terms" title="Chinese zodiac">Chinese zodiac name</a> for the fifth lunar month. Days of the week also have zodiac animals. Thus, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">tango</i></span> originally meant 'the first horse day of the fifth month'. However, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">go</i></span> is a <a href="/wiki/Homonym" title="Homonym">homonym</a> for five<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">五</span></span>)</span> in Japanese, so during the <a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a> the meaning shifted to become the fifth day of the fifth month.<sup id="cite_ref-ningyo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ningyo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Sekku</i></span> means a seasonal festival. There are five <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sekku</i></span>, including <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Shogatsu" class="mw-redirect" title="Shogatsu">O-Shogatsu</a></i></span> (January 1), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Hinamatsuri" title="Hinamatsuri">Hinamatsuri</a></i></span> (March 3), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Tanabata" title="Tanabata">Tanabata</a></i></span> (July 7) and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Chrysanthemum_Day" title="Chrysanthemum Day">Kiku Matsuri</a></i></span> (September 9), along with <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span>. <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> marks the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">summer</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Rainy_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainy season">rainy season</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tango_no_sekku&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg/220px-Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg/330px-Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg/440px-Japanese_Festival_in_Honor_of_the_Birth_of_Children.jpg 2x" data-file-width="918" data-file-height="582" /></a><figcaption><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Koinobori" title="Koinobori">Koinobori</a></i></span>, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Nobori" title="Nobori">nobori</a></i></span> and <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">fukinuke</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">吹貫</span></span>)</span>. "Japanese Festival in Honor of the Birth of Children" from <i>Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs</i>, by J.M.W. Silver, illustrated by native drawings, published in London in 1867</figcaption></figure> <p>Although it is not known precisely when <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> began to be celebrated, it was probably during the reign of the <a href="/wiki/Empress_Suiko" title="Empress Suiko">Empress Suiko</a> (593–628 AD). In Japan, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> was assigned to the fifth day of the fifth month after the <a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a>. </p><p><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> was originally a day for women to purify the house by thatching the roof with <a href="/wiki/Iris_(plant)" title="Iris (plant)">irises</a>, which were believed to be effective in repelling evil spirits, and for women to rest their bodies, but it was changed to a day for boys in the <a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a> (1185–1333) when the <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a> class took control of the government. The reason for this was that the iris was a plant that represented the samurai because its leaves were shaped like the blade of a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_sword" title="Japanese sword">Japanese sword</a>, and the word <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">shōbu</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">尚武</span></span>)</span>, which means <span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">to value military affairs</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>, had the same pronunciation as iris<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">菖蒲</span></span>)</span> and was therefore considered an auspicious plant for the samurai. Since this period, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Yabusame" title="Yabusame">yabusame</a></i></span> (Japanese horseback archery) was held on May 5 as a way to ward off evil spirits.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gekkei_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gekkei-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The custom of displaying miniature <a href="/wiki/Japanese_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese armor">Japanese armor</a> and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kabuto" title="Kabuto">kabuto</a></i></span> (helmets) on Children's Day, called <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Gogatsu Ningyo</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (May doll)</span>, has its origins in the Kamakura to <a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi periods</a> (1333–1573). Samurai used to take their armor, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kabuto</i></span>, and Japanese swords out of their storage boxes in May before the <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_rainy_season" title="East Asian rainy season">rainy season</a> to take care of them. Since this was the time of the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span>, they began to display armor, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kabuto</i></span>, and Japanese swords in the hope of protecting their children.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_samurai_dolls_(28146117425).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Two_samurai_dolls_%2828146117425%29.jpg/220px-Two_samurai_dolls_%2828146117425%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Two_samurai_dolls_%2828146117425%29.jpg/330px-Two_samurai_dolls_%2828146117425%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Two_samurai_dolls_%2828146117425%29.jpg/440px-Two_samurai_dolls_%2828146117425%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Two samurai dolls<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">武者人形</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">musha ningyo</i></span>)</span></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> (1603–1867), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span> celebrations became extravagant, and samurai households began to display samurai dolls<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">武者人形</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">musha ningyo</i></span>)</span> in addition to real armor, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kabuto</i></span>, and Japanese swords. Ordinary households began to display paper <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kabuto</i></span>. The custom of bathing in the bathtub with irises on May 5 began in this period.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai,_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_(Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai%2C_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_%28Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/150px-Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai%2C_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_%28Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai%2C_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_%28Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/225px-Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai%2C_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_%28Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai%2C_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_%28Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/300px-Utagawa_Hiroshige_-_Suido_Bridge_and_Surugadai%2C_from_the_series_One_Hundred_Famous_Views_of_Edo_%28Edo_Meisho_Hyakkei%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2826" data-file-height="4201" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ukiyo-e" title="Ukiyo-e">Ukiyo-e</a> by <a href="/wiki/Utagawa_Hiroshige" class="mw-redirect" title="Utagawa Hiroshige">Utagawa Hiroshige</a> depicting <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Koinobori" title="Koinobori">koinobori</a></i></span>. <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The custom of decorating <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Koinobori" title="Koinobori">koinobori</a></i></span> (carp streamers) on Children's Day originated in the Edo period. During the Edo period (1603–1867), samurai families began to decorate their yards with <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Nobori" title="Nobori">nobori</a></i></span> or <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">fukinuke</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">吹貫</span></span>)</span> flags, which were colored with <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Mon_(emblem)" title="Mon (emblem)">mon</a></i></span> (family crests) to represent military units, during <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span>. The <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">nobori</i></span> and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">fukinuke</i></span> were then merged, and the first <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">koinobori</i></span> appeared in <a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>). The colorful <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">koinobori</i></span> as they are modernly known became popular in the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji era</a> (1868–1912).<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After Japan switched to the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, the date was moved to May 5 of the new calendar year.<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum948_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum948-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1948, Children's Day was known as Boys' Day (also known as Feast of Banners), celebrating <a href="/wiki/Boy" title="Boy">boys</a> and recognizing fathers, as the counterpart to <a href="/wiki/Hinamatsuri" title="Hinamatsuri">Hinamatsuri</a>, or "Girl's Day" on March 3. In 1948, the name was changed to Children's Day to include both male and female children, as well as recognizing mothers along with fathers and family qualities of unity.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Japan_Society_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan_Society-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Showa_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Showa era">Showa era</a> (1926–1989), the popularity shifted from samurai dolls to miniature armor, and since the 21st century, miniature <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kabuto</i></span> have become popular, probably due to the size of Japanese houses.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kashiwa_mochi" title="Kashiwa mochi">Kashiwa mochi</a></i></span> (sticky rice cakes filled with <a href="/wiki/Red_bean_paste" title="Red bean paste">red bean jam</a> and wrapped in <a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">oak</a> leaves) and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chimaki</i></span> (sticky sweet rice wrapped in an iris or bamboo leaf) are traditionally served on this day.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_Society_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan_Society-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oak leaf used for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">kashiwa mochi</i></span> is said to be a tree whose old leaves do not fall off until new leaves appear, and is considered a good-luck charm representing prosperity of offspring.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since irises are believed to have medicinal properties and to ward off evil, they are used for various purposes on <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tango no Sekku</i></span>. For example, people would take a bath with irises in the bathtub, soak thinly sliced iris roots or leaves in <a href="/wiki/Sake" title="Sake">sake</a> and drink it, or put irises in thin <a href="/wiki/Washi" title="Washi">washi</a> (Japanese traditional paper) before putting it in their pillows and going to bed.<sup id="cite_ref-yurai_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yurai-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kiso_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kiso-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gekkei_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gekkei-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tango_no_sekku&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aging_of_Japan" title="Aging of Japan">Aging of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Day_(Japan)" title="Children's Day (Japan)">Children's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Double_Fifth" class="mw-redirect" title="Double Fifth">Double Fifth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Week_(Japan)" title="Golden Week (Japan)">Golden Week</a></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kashiwa_mochi" title="Kashiwa mochi">Kashiwa mochi</a></i></span></li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Hinamatsuri" title="Hinamatsuri">Hinamatsuri</a></i></span></li> <li><span title="Vietnamese-language text"><i lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/T%E1%BA%BFt_%C4%90oan_Ng%E1%BB%8D" title="Tết Đoan Ngọ">Tết Đoan Ngọ</a></i></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Boy_Child" title="International Day of the Boy Child">International Day of the Boy Child</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tango_no_sekku&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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