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Video of Maihara Hikiyama matsuri in 2010.Oct 07, 2023
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My video of Maibara Hikiyama Festival 2010Maihara Hikiyama Matsuri is held annually on the three-day weekend in Oct. around the 10th (Sports Day, a national holiday). Sunday is the main day. Nov 28, 2010
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Asahiyama float in Oct. 2008.Oct 25, 2010
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A lot less people at night.Oct 25, 2010
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Sho-ouzan float performed in Oct. 2008. 松翁山Oct 25, 2010
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Pulling a hikiyama at night in Maibara.Oct 25, 2010
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Group photo of Sho-ouzan float in Oct. 2008. 松翁山Oct 25, 2010
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Maihara Hikiyama Matsuri, Shiga.Oct 25, 2010
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Sho-ouzan float. 松翁山Oct 25, 2010
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It looks nice at night as well, as the floats are well lit. These night photos were taken in Oct. 2008. Sho-ouzan float. 松翁山Oct 25, 2010
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The Maihara Hikiyama Matsuri is also held at night. They perform once or twice after dark. This is the Sho-ouzan float. 松翁山Oct 25, 2010
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Maihara Hikiyama Matsuri lanterns at night near Maibara Station.Oct 25, 2010
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About Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri.Oct 25, 2010
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Storehouse for the Juzan hikiyama float.Oct 25, 2010
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Front wheel for steering.Oct 25, 2010
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Tapestry on rear of hikiyama.Oct 25, 2010
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Rear view of hikiyama. The actors await their cue to appear.Oct 25, 2010
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They perform the same play.Oct 25, 2010
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After Yutani Shrine, this hikiyama performs at a small neighborhood for its second performance of the day.Oct 25, 2010
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Two men on the hikiyama float's roof make sure overhead wires and cables are lifted out of the way.Oct 25, 2010
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They stop to offload the boys.Oct 25, 2010
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Heading for the shrine entrance.Oct 25, 2010
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It was quite a bit of work to turn this float.Oct 25, 2010
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Turning the wheels using wedged sticks.Oct 25, 2010
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A bow at the end of the play.Oct 25, 2010
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Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri in Oct.Oct 25, 2010
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This play is performed by 5 boys.Oct 25, 2010
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The second hikiyama called Asahiyama 旭山, starts its kabuki play.Oct 25, 2010
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Another kabuki actor (without his wig) is carried.Oct 25, 2010
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One of the boy kabuki actors is carried from a car to the hikiyama.Oct 25, 2010
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Flute playersOct 25, 2010
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The second hikiyama is pulled into position at Yutani Shrine.Oct 25, 2010
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The hikiyama float is then pulled along the narrow road heading for the next location where it will perform again.Oct 25, 2010
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Unloading the kabuki actors from the hikiyama.Oct 25, 2010
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They are carried on the shoulders of a man to a waiting car.Oct 25, 2010
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At the shrine exit, the float stops to unload the kabuki actors.Oct 25, 2010
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The kabuki actors ride the float.Oct 25, 2010
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The Juzan hikiyama float is hauled toward the shrine exit.Oct 25, 2010
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The first kabuki ended, and now they are moving out the first hikiyama float. The float behind it will be put in position for the next kabuki performance at Yutani Shrine in Maibara.Oct 25, 2010
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A pair of foxes.Oct 25, 2010
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Even if you don't understand what they're saying or the story, there's enough eye candy and theatrics to make it interesting to anyone.Oct 25, 2010
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Six boys perform in this play.Oct 25, 2010
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Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri, Shiga.Oct 25, 2010
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The kabuki plays are scheduled so that you can see kabuki on both floats consecutively at the same location. They are not performed at the same time.Oct 25, 2010
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Sanbaso dancer performs first.Oct 25, 2010
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The kabuki is performed by boys from the 1st grade to 6th grade. The play is about an hour long. They perform 3 times on the first day and 4 times on the second and third days of the festival.Oct 25, 2010
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Finally, the kabuki performance started. Show time was 12:15 pm here at Yutani Shrine, but it was delayed by over an hour due to rain. This is the Juzan float from Minamimachi. 壽山Oct 25, 2010
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This spectator area was set up, but the rain made it almost useless.Oct 25, 2010
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Yutani Shrine in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture. During the Edo Period, it received a number of gifts from the Ii clan in Hikone. 湯谷神社Oct 25, 2010
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Yutani Shrine is a short walk from the east exit of JR Maibara Station. Its history spans many centuries. It once was the guardian shrine for the Kyogoku castle lord living on the hill above it. 湯谷神社Oct 25, 2010
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Wiping off the water on the roof of the hikiyama float.Oct 25, 2010
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The float is about 5.6 meters high. Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri, Shiga. 壽山Oct 25, 2010
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Fortunately, the rain stopped and they took of the vinyl sheet and started the kabuki performance at Yutani Shrine.Oct 25, 2010
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It rained on this day on Oct. 10, 2010, so the floats were covered and the kabuki performance was delayed.Oct 25, 2010
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Near Yutani Shrine is a storehouse for the third hikiyama float (Shoouzan 松翁山). Every year, two of the three floats take turns to appear in the festival. Each float represents a neighborhood in Maihara.Oct 25, 2010
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Entrance to Yutani Shrine, the first location where the two floats perform kabuki on the festival's second and main day. MAPOct 25, 2010
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Started in the 18th century, the Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri was inspired by the Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri which is a larger festival with boys performing kabuki on ornate floats. Path to Yutani Shrine.Oct 25, 2010
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Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri has three ornate floats, but usually only two of them appear in the festival. Both floats feature boys performing kabuki at few locations in the Maibara neighborhood shown here.Oct 25, 2010
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Maihara Hikiyama Matsuri is held annually on the three-day weekend in Oct. around the 10th (Sports Day, a national holiday). Sunday is the main day. Poster for the Maibara Hikiyama Matsuri held on Oct. 9-11, 2010.Oct 25, 2010
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To see the Maihara Hikiyama Matsuri, get out the east side of JR Maibara Station. Yutani Shrine and the hikiyama floats will be near the foot of the hill straight ahead.Oct 25, 2010
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