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A hollow fish-shaped windsock flown from a pole.
Also known as: Carp streamer, Fish windsock, Children's Day carp, Carp wind banner
Koinobori are carp-shaped windsocks flown for Children's Day, and the carp is the point: a Chinese legend has a carp swimming up a waterfall and becoming a dragon, which makes the fish a symbol of persistence rather than of fish.
Denotes a carp-shaped windsock flown in Japan for Children's Day on 5 May.
Contexts: History
Takes its meaning from a Chinese legend in which a carp ascends the Dragon Gate waterfall and becomes a dragon, making the fish a figure of perseverance.
Contexts: History
Is flown in a set whose sizes and colours conventionally represent members of the household, an arrangement that has changed as family conventions have.
Contexts: History
A hollow tapering tube sewn in the shape of a fish with a wide open mouth at the head and a forked tail, painted with scales and flown horizontally from a pole.