Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on Sept 13, 2005 19:39:10 GMT -5
All of the following information is from the Ashikari-yama website except for what is in italics ...
Ashikari-yama is one of the 32 floats that participate in the Gion Matsuri.
Gion Matsuri is one of the three major festivals in Japan. This festival of Yasaka Shrine and Kyoto townspeople was reportedly originated in 869, when 66 pikes were donated to the Shinsen-en imperial garden, to enshrine a god of the plague. The festival was then held annually since 970, and the prototype of floats was complete in 999. The history of Gion Matsuri was interrupted by the Onin civil war (1467 - 1477), and was resumed in 1500 after the cessation for 33 years. The tradition also survived massive fires in 1708, 1788 and 1864, as well as diverse other incidents and changes.
Originally, Gion Matsuri was called Gion-e or Gion Goryo-e; Goryo-e was a requiem festival to pray for the repose of souls of the dead from pests or violence.
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Divine Doll for the Ashikari-yama float is based on the Noh play “Ashikari.” The doll is in the figure of an old man, clad in a Noh costume with a Japanese fan in its bosom. It holds a sickle and a reed in the right and left hand respectively, and is supposed to be in a reed field. Behind it on the float is a basket covered with scarlet cloth and containing a pine bough. The set, together with the silver crescent hung on the pine, depicts an autumnal dusk. The doll’s former costume (kosode, a type of kimono) is the oldest among all of the kind for Gion Matsuri.
黄地丁字唐草文様
Kiji Choji, Karakusa Mon-yo
紺地亀甲龍鳳凰文様
Konji, Kikko-ryu, Ho-o Mon-yo
獅子蜀江文様 繻珍錦
Shisi, Shokko Mon-yo; Chinju Nishiki
綾地締切蝶牡丹文様片身替
天正１７年（１５８９)
Ayaji Shimekiri, Cho Botan-Mon, Katami Gawari 1589
Notice that first and last one have just a hint of a partially detached sleeve. Not sure that I am seeing that right. Unfortunately, there is only the one close up.
These are hakama ...
And a 'Noh Costume'
www.ashikariyama.org/ashikari/m_goshintai.html
www.ashikariyama.org/e/tope.html
www.ashikariyama.org/e/e_doll.html
Ashikari-yama is one of the 32 floats that participate in the Gion Matsuri.
Gion Matsuri is one of the three major festivals in Japan. This festival of Yasaka Shrine and Kyoto townspeople was reportedly originated in 869, when 66 pikes were donated to the Shinsen-en imperial garden, to enshrine a god of the plague. The festival was then held annually since 970, and the prototype of floats was complete in 999. The history of Gion Matsuri was interrupted by the Onin civil war (1467 - 1477), and was resumed in 1500 after the cessation for 33 years. The tradition also survived massive fires in 1708, 1788 and 1864, as well as diverse other incidents and changes.
Originally, Gion Matsuri was called Gion-e or Gion Goryo-e; Goryo-e was a requiem festival to pray for the repose of souls of the dead from pests or violence.
...
Divine Doll for the Ashikari-yama float is based on the Noh play “Ashikari.” The doll is in the figure of an old man, clad in a Noh costume with a Japanese fan in its bosom. It holds a sickle and a reed in the right and left hand respectively, and is supposed to be in a reed field. Behind it on the float is a basket covered with scarlet cloth and containing a pine bough. The set, together with the silver crescent hung on the pine, depicts an autumnal dusk. The doll’s former costume (kosode, a type of kimono) is the oldest among all of the kind for Gion Matsuri.
黄地丁字唐草文様
Kiji Choji, Karakusa Mon-yo
紺地亀甲龍鳳凰文様
Konji, Kikko-ryu, Ho-o Mon-yo
獅子蜀江文様 繻珍錦
Shisi, Shokko Mon-yo; Chinju Nishiki
綾地締切蝶牡丹文様片身替
天正１７年（１５８９)
Ayaji Shimekiri, Cho Botan-Mon, Katami Gawari 1589
Notice that first and last one have just a hint of a partially detached sleeve. Not sure that I am seeing that right. Unfortunately, there is only the one close up.
These are hakama ...
And a 'Noh Costume'
www.ashikariyama.org/ashikari/m_goshintai.html
www.ashikariyama.org/e/tope.html
www.ashikariyama.org/e/e_doll.html