A Japanese Hinaningyo of a Daimyo, possibly for the Hinamatsuri Festival of March 3rd, about 35 cm high; together with three other similar ningyo including a Daimyo wearing a kabuto, about 49 cm high [4]Dolls of Daimyo, Samurai or high ranking courtiers are clearly associated with the March 3rd Festival of Hinamatsuri. Such Hinaningyo were displayed on a stepped daias since at least the Edo Period, and on occasion images of them may be found in Ukiyo-e. See for example the shunga print in the Vever Collection [Sotheby's 26-3-1975/lot 85] by Isoda Koryusai [active 1769-1790] where the hinaningyo sit at the top of a daias above the Taiyaki [popular pancake snack in the shape of a Tai fish] and the Shiru-wan [lacquer bowl for soup]. A Third Month calendar print by Utagawa Toyokuni [1769-1825] also illustrates the hananingyo; see the impression on pages 182-183 of 'The Frank Lloyd Wright Collection of Surimono' by Joan B. Mirviss [1995]. Other traditions associated with the Hinamatsuri festival include the drinking of white sake, and the consumption of hishi mochi [lozenge-shaped rice cakes].