 Most viewed - Kyoto Jidai Matsuri Festival 京都時代祭 |
One of Kyoto's Big Three Festivals, the Kyoto Jidai Matsuri is a procession of over 2,000 people dressed in wardrobe reflecting Kyoto's historical periods from 794 to 1868 during which Kyoto was Japan's capital. Held annually on Oct. 22.776 views
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Karyobinga 迦陵頻伽674 views
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Sakamoto Ryoma 坂本龍馬661 views
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From the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the procession proceeds on main roads to Heian Shrine.484 views
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These men are descendants of the original archers who protected Emperor Kammu. 弓箭組列331 views
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Yoshino Tayu, a high-ranking geiko entertainer. 吉野太夫320 views
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Otsukaiban is a Meiji government administrator serving as an inspector. 御使番245 views
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Tomoe Gozen is one of my favorites. She was the wife of Minamoto no Yoshinaka and went to battle with him. She wears samurai armor (for men). A macho woman. 巴御前168 views
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Lady Yodogimi, wife of Hideyoshi and daughter (Chacha) of Azai Nagamasa 淀君（浅井長政娘 茶々）161 views
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The Tamba area of Kyoto (now Kameoka) had skilled archers. These archers were employed to protect Emperor Kammu's entourage while the Heian capital was being moved.158 views
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The Procession of Archers is the last group of this festival.155 views
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Princess Kazunomiya 和宮153 views
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The next nine men are the Patriotic Court Noblemen. Maki Izumi and Kusaka Genzui here. 七卿落：真木和泉、久坂玄瑞150 views
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Tomoe Gozen is the only woman in the procession wearing samurai armor and weapons. 巴御前149 views
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Shirakawa-me woman. 白川女献花列148 views
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Princess Kazunomiya heads this group. She was the sister of Emperor Komei and was married to Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi at age 16. She wears a 12-layer kimono. 和宮141 views
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Lady Yodogimi died in Osaka Castle along with her son during a siege by Tokugawa Ieyasu. They picked a fine woman to portray Yodogimi. 淀君138 views
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Madame Fujiwara Tameie is depicted in her travel clothes. Very photogenic. 藤原為家の室138 views
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Madame Fujiwara Tameie was the author of the Izayoi Nikki diary in 1277. 藤原為家の室137 views
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Tokiwa-gozen was a concubine of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. She is shown with her children. 常磐御前137 views
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Gyokuran was a noted painter and poet. Married Ikeno Taiga, a famous painter. 玉瀾135 views
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Kudara O Myoshin was the wife of a prominent government official. Chief Lady in Waiting for Emperor Kammu. 百済王明信135 views
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Yoshino Tayu, a high-ranking geiko entertainer. 吉野太夫134 views
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The procession starts at Kyoto Imperial Palace at noon and ends at Heian Jingu Shrine at 2:30 pm. You first see horse carriages carryiing Honorary Festival Commissioners including the city council members and the mayor of Kyoto. 名誉奉行133 views
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Meiji Restoration Period (around 1868): The procession starts with the more recent years, then progresses back in time. This is the Meiji Restoration Imperial Army procession. 明治維新時代：維新勤皇隊列133 views
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Wife of Nakamura Kuranosuke, a wealthy businessman. A socialite. 中村内蔵助の妻133 views
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Imperial army musicians, flutists.130 views
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Taicho or battalion leader. 隊長、参謀、司令長129 views
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Wife of Nakamura Kuranosuke 中村内蔵助の妻128 views
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My favorite part of this festival is this Procession of Heian Period Ladies. This is Tomoe Gozen. 平安時代婦人列：巴御前128 views
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Yokobue was a court servant who fell in love with Takiguchi-no-Tokiyori, a warrior. His family rejected her and he sought solace by becoming a priest. She is on her way to visit him in the Saga area of Kyoto. 横笛128 views
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Katsura Kogoro 桂小五郎（木戸孝允）127 views
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Otagaki Rengetsu was a poet. 太田垣蓮月127 views
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Kaji was a poet and operator of a tea house. 梶127 views
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Medieval (Kamakura and Muromachi Periods) women laborers procession 中世婦人列（鎌倉 ・室町時代） ：大原女127 views
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In green is the Kocho dancer with butterfly wings. In orange is the Karyobinga.127 views
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Karyobinga depicts a beautiful bird which lives in the Pure Land (Heaven). 迦陵頻伽126 views
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Lady Murasaki Shikibu (left) was the author of Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari). Sei-Shonagon (right) authored "The Pillow Book" and wears a juni-hitoe 12-layer kimono. 清少納言、紫式部125 views
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Chief Commissioner (Director of the Heian Kosha organization of parishioners of Heian Jingu Shrine.)総奉行（平安講社理事長）124 views
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Izumo-no-Kami 出雲阿国124 views
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Ono no Komachi was a famous poet reputed to be exceptionally beautiful. She wrote many poems about love as she had many love affairs. 小野小町124 views
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Kino Tsurayuki-no-Musume was the daughter of famous poet Tsurayuki. 紀貫之の女123 views
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Izumo-no-Kami, shrine maiden from Izumo Shrine and Tokugawa descendant. In Kyoto, she performed a prayer dance which became the origin of kabuki. 出雲阿国122 views
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Pulled on a cart are Sei-Shonagon and Lady Murasaki Shikibu. 清少納言、紫式部122 views
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Mayor of Kyoto and Jidai Matsuri banner. Very many historical figures and costumes appear in this festival. If you're a student of Japanese history, you will want to see this. 京都市長、時代祭旗121 viewsIt's most crowded at the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Go early if you want good views. Be prepared to sit on the ground. Festival will be postponed in case of rain.
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More Heian Period ladies.121 views
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Wake-no-Hiromushi's orphan kids121 views
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Court nobles who were Meiji Restoration heros: Yoshimura Torataro, Rai Mikisaburo, and Umeda Unpin 吉村寅太郎、頼三樹三郎、梅田雲浜120 views
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Wake-no-Hiromushi was a caretaker of many orphan children. She was a catalyst for Japan's orphanages. 和気広虫120 views
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Lady Yodogimi's maids.119 views
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Ono no Komachi's maid. 侍女119 views
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Saigo Takamori 西郷吉之助（西郷隆盛）118 views
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Enryaku Period (782-806) 延暦時代：延暦武官行進列118 views
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Patriotic Court Noblemen: Sanjo Sanetomi, Sanjonishi Suetomo, Higashikuze Michitomi, Mibu Motonaga, Shijo Takauta, Nishikoji Yorinori, and Sawa Nobuyoshi 七卿落：三條実美、三條西季知、東久世通禧、壬生基修、四条隆詞、錦小117 views
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Ox cart 牛車117 views
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Lord Natsuka Masaie is the fifth commssioner in Hideyoshi's administration. (長束 正家)117 views
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Takigawa Kazumasu 滝川一益117 views
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Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成117 views
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Sakamoto Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂117 views
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Takasugi Shinsaku 高杉晋作116 views
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Nakaoka Shintaro 中岡慎太郎116 views
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Edo Period (1600-1868): Procession of Tokugawa Shogun's Deputies 江戸時代：徳川城使洛列116 views
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Procession of Kusunoki Masashige 楠公上洛列116 views
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Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成116 views
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将佐116 views
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Procession of Edo Period Ladies (1600-1868). A whole slew of photogenic women. 江戸時代婦人列115 views
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Disciple of Izumo-no-Kami 弟子115 views
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Lord Asano Nagamasa 浅野長政115 views
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Lady Shizuka-gozen is dressed as a Heian-Period court dancer. 静御前（源義経の室）115 views
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Jonan Yabusame archers. 城南流鏑馬列115 views
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Procession of Enryaku Period Court Warriors 延暦武官行進列115 views
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Court noble Konoe Tadahiro has a long train. 近衛忠熈114 views
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Anenokoji Kintomo 姉小路公知114 views
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Hashiba Hideyoshi (later known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi) was Nobunaga's right-hand man. 羽柴秀吉114 views
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Katsura-me women. The white cloth wrapped around their head was their trademark. 桂女114 views
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Nishiki no Mihata are Imperial Army banners. 錦の御旗113 views
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The Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600) is represented by the Toyotomi Hideyoshi procession. 安土桃山時代：豊公参朝列113 views
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Disciple of Izumo-no-Kami 弟子113 views
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Hosokawa-shi 細川氏113 views
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Nikaido-shi 二階堂氏113 views
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Ohara-me women are from Ohara in northern Kyoto (Rakuhoku). They traveled to Kyoto city to sell firewood and charcoal carried on their heads. 大原女113 views
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Lady Shizuka-gozen was the tragic concubine of Minamoto Yoshitsune. 静御前113 views
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Child 童113 views
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Tokiwa-gozen's son113 views
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副将113 views
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This procession provides music and dance prior to the palanquins.113 views
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殿士112 views
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Yakko were manual laborers employed by the samurai. They carried luggage during trips, etc. 奴112 views
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Shogun's deputy 城使112 views
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The procession includes the Five Commissioners (Go-Bugyō) appointed by Hideyoshi. One of them was Lord Maeda Gen'i. 前田玄以112 views
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Armed Imperial Army soldiers.111 views
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Shogun's deputy 城使111 views
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Lord Niwa Nagahide 丹羽長秀111 views
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Kusunoko Masasue, younger brother of Masashige. 楠木正季111 views
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Meiji Restoration Patriots 維新志士列110 views
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Ashikaga shogun 足利将軍110 views
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Kikusui crest banner 菊水紋旗旗差110 views
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Soldiers carrying various weapons. 兵110 views
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Samurai Daisho commander. 侍大将110 views
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Katsura-me women are from Katsura in western Kyoto. They went into the city to sell fish and sweets. T 桂女110 views
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Meiji Restoration Patriots are key figures who helped to overthrow the samurai government and restore government power to the emperor. 維新志士列109 views
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Oda Nobunaga started the unification of Japan. 織田信長109 views
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Procession of Muromachi customs 室町洛中風俗列109 views
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Dancers 側踊り109 views
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Nakayama Tadayasu 中山忠能108 views
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The procession features many armored men and arms. Coming next is Niwa Nagahide. 丹羽長秀108 views
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Oda Nobunaga 織田信長108 views
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Another banner bearer 錦旗旗差108 views
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Banner bearer 菊水紋旗旗差108 views
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Procession of Enryaku Period Court Nobles 延暦文官参朝列108 views
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具足107 views
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将佐107 views
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Palanquin (horen) bearing the spirit of Emperor Komei. 孝明天皇 御鳳輦107 views
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Sanjo Sanetsumu 三條実萬106 views
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Nagamochi luggage carriers106 views
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Another one was Lord Ishida Mitsunari. 石田三成106 views
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Lord Hashiba Hideyoshi 羽柴秀吉106 views
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Yamana-shi, officer of shogunate security. 山名氏106 views
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Hirano Kuniomi 平野国臣105 views
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Archers 弓徒士105 views
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Lord Shibata Katsuie married Oichi, Nobunaga's younger sister. With those helmet appendages, he must've been easy to spot in a crowd. 柴田勝家105 views
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Hosokawa-shi 細川氏105 views
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Nikaido-shi, supervisor of judicial and government councils. 二階堂氏105 views
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Conch shell blower 貝役105 views
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Now the Kamakura Period (1192-1333) 鎌倉時代105 views
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Gun carriers followed by pole spear bearers.104 views
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Lord Ishida Mitsunari 石田三成104 views
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Muromachi Shogunate Procession. This is the Ashikaga shogunate. 室町幕府執政列104 views
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Yoshida Shoin 吉田松陰103 views
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The Azuchi-Momoyama Period continues with Oda Nobunaga's procession, reenacting his entry into Kyoto. 織田公上洛列103 views
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Ise-shi, minister of financial affairs. 伊勢氏103 views
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Yabusame target103 views
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Bunkan were government officials who were not warriors. 文官103 views
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Shinko-retsu Procession is the heart (and spirits) of the Kyoto Jidai Matsuri. It features two palanquins bearing the spirit of two emperors. 神幸列103 views
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Shirakawa-me were women from Shirakawa River (below Mt. Hiei) who grew and sold flowers. They began bringing flowers to the Imperial Court as gifts during the Heian Period. 白川女献花列103 views
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For important Imperial events, the Tokugawa shogun sent his deputies as his representatives. The entourage was as large as 1,700 people.102 views
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Lord Shibata Katsuie 柴田勝家102 views
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Jonan Yabusame archers. 城南流鏑馬列102 views
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Yabusame is a mounted archer who tries to strike three targets in a row while galloping at full speed. 謝手武士102 views
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More archers.102 views
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For sitting.102 views
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殿上人 文官102 views
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Wake-no-Hiromushi 和気広虫102 views
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The first palanquin bears the spirit of Emperor Komei. 御鳳輦102 views
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Soldiers101 views
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Next is the Muromachi Period (1338-1573) that features more samurai. 室町時代：室町幕府執政列101 views
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This procession centers on the Furyu odori dance (風流踊り) which was popular among the masses in Kyoto during the Muromachi Period. Sometimes they stop to perform the dance. Lucky if they perform in front of you. 室町洛中風俗列101 views
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Nagamochi luggage carriers 長持100 views
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Lord Mashita Nagamori (増田 長盛)100 views
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立入宗継100 views
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Musicians100 views
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Procession of Offerings to the Gods 神饌講社列100 views
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Leather taiko drummers99 views
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Yabusame archer 謝手武士99 views
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Fujiwara Period (898–1185) 藤原時代：藤原公卿参朝列99 views
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Procession Preceding the Palanquins (Zen-retsu) 前列99 views
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Palanquin for the shogun's deputy. Normally the deputy rides in this, but for this procession, he rides on a horse.98 views
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Luggage carriers 98 views
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Flutists98 views
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The costumes of this period has a strong Chinese influence.98 views
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These are members of the Kyoto Restaurant Association who are entrusted with making offerings for Heian Shrine.98 views
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Rear guard 跡乗番頭97 views
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Luggage97 views
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Hosokawa-shi, shogun's assistant for government affairs. 細川氏97 views
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Yabusame archer targets.97 views
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This procession shows costumes of Imperial court nobles. Chinese influence waned and Japan started to develop its own costume style.97 views
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Yakko96 views
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Bow and arrows96 views
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Cleanup crew for horses.96 views
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The second palanquin (horen) bears the spirit of Emperor Kammu. 桓武天皇 御鳳輦96 views
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Yabusame archer 謝手武士94 views
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将佐94 views
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The color of the noble's wardrobe indicated his rank.92 views
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Ox91 views
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Yoshino Period (1333-1392) 吉野時代：楠公上洛列90 views
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Shrine priest90 views
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Procession magistrates 列奉行87 views
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Procession of Shirakawa-me. 白川女献花列87 views
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Director's carriage 総長81 views
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