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the three court ladies of a hina display
The set of three ladies-in-waiting on the second tier of a 雛人形 display, below the imperial couple. They carry sake utensils, and the middle one is seated while the other two stand.
二段目は三人官女です。
The second tier is the three court ladies.
Always treated as one set, so the word is used in the singular even though it names three dolls.
Common collocations
- 三人官女を並べる: to arrange the three court ladies
- 三人官女の段: the court-ladies tier
- 五人囃子: the five musicians — the set on the tier below
Cultural note
Only larger, multi-tier displays include them; a compact modern display often stops at the imperial pair. The dolls represent the attendants who served at a Heian court wedding.