In Japan’s Tanabata legend, the weaver princess is named Orihime.
Orihime is the celestial weaver who falls in love with Hikoboshi, the cowherd. According to the story, the lovers neglect their duties after marrying, so Orihime’s father separates them across the Milky Way.
They are allowed to meet once a year, traditionally on the seventh day of the seventh month, when magpies form a bridge across the celestial river. The legend is associated with the Chinese Qixi festival and was adopted and developed in Japan.
Tanabata celebrations commonly involve writing wishes on narrow strips of colored paper called tanzaku and hanging them from bamboo branches. Orihime is therefore the weaver figure, while Hikoboshi is her separated lover.