Revival prayer of the Tohoku district "carp streamer"

Carp streamer "KOI-NOBORI"

こいのぼり

There is a legend of the primitive ages "the carp climbed the waterfall and became a dragon." By that, a carp comes to symbolize success in life. 

 

At the samurai home of the Edo period, when the male baby was born, the "carp streamer" was decorated in the yard on May 5 every year, and his future success in life was wished. 

 

Now, the colorful carps drawn on cloth carry “a revival prayer of the Tohoku district and everybody's wish”on their back, and are swimming in the sky. 


鯉が滝をのぼって龍になった大昔の伝説から、鯉が立身出世を象徴するようになる。江戸時代、侍の家庭では、男児が誕生すると毎年5月5日に「こいのぼり」を設置し、将来の出世を願った。布に描かれた艶やかな鯉たちは今、東北地方の復興や、みんなの願いを乗せて大空を泳いでいる。