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2022-10-252022-10-25

The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Yabusame

Jonan Yabusame Row (Kamakura Period) Yabusame (horseback archery), in which targets are shot from horseback, has been popular since the Heian period (794-1185) as an etiquette for warriors. In 1221 (Shokyu 3), Emperor Go-Toba summoned warriors from more than ten provinces in the Kinki region to participate in Yabusame (horseback archery) at Jonan Detached Palace in order to restore imperial power. This procession represents the appearance of warriors disguised as Yabusame (archery on horseback) led by archers dressed in hunting costumes.

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The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Medieval Women

Medieval Women’s Procession
Ohara-women (women from Ohara in northern Kyoto who carried firewood and charcoal on their heads and sold them to the capital city.
Katsura-women sold ayu (sweetfish) and candy from the Katsura River, mainly from Katsura in the western part of Kyoto.
These processions show the customs of this period, each with its own characteristics.

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The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Kusunoki Masashige

When Emperor Godaigo returned from Oki in 1333, Masashige Kusunoki led his family and men to Hyogo to take a palanquin to the capital. This procession was a grand event throughout the life of Kusunoki Masashige, and his splendid armors can be seen in this procession.

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The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Muromachi Shogunate (Muromachi Period)

Row of Regents of the Muromachi Shogunate (Muromachi Period) This row of regents represents the warrior customs , and depicts the lightly armed warriors of the time, led by Shogun Ashikaga.
The main clansmen who were appointed by the Ashikaga Shogun to the three regent posts and four posts in the shogunate followed him as his attendants, and the distinctive customs of court nobles, Buddhist priests, doctors are also represented.

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The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga led his army to Kyoto in 1568 at the invitation of the Emperor, and devoted himself to the restoration of Kyoto. This is a symbol of his visit to the capital.

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boiled pork and potato

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400g of cut beef or pork
6 large potatoes
1 large carrot
1 large onion
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2022-10-252022-10-25

The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Toyotomi Hideyoshi

The line of visits by Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Azuchi-Momoyama period) It is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was most active when he visited the shrine for the first time in May 1596 and when he came to Kyoto in September 1597. This row represents them.

2022-10-252022-10-26

The Jidai Matsuri Festival

Women of the Edo period

Starting with Prince Kazunomiya (the younger sister of Emperor Komei), the procession includes a woman of accomplished paintings and traditional Japanese paintings, Yoshino Tayu (a famous geisha from Kyoto), and Izumo Akuni , who performed “Yayako Odori” and “Kabuki Odori” in Kyoto and is considered the founder of Kabuki.

2022-10-242022-10-26

The Jidai Matsuri Festival

The Tokugawa Shogunate

The Tokugawa Shogunate always sent castle envoys to the capital in the name of the Shogun on occasions such as grand ceremonies and New Year’s festivals, to extend courtesy to the imperial family.
The procession was a grand and luxurious one, and the envoys were chosen from the feudal clans of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The spear-bearers, umbrella-bearers, and scissors-bearers leading the procession call out to the crowd, and their movements are a reminder of how the procession looked in those days.

2022-10-242022-10-26

The Jidai Matsuri Festival

The Meiji Restoration period Opposing the Shogunate.

Kogoro Katsura (Kido Takayoshi), Kichinosuke Saigo (Takamori), Ryoma Sakamoto, Shintaro Nakaoka, Shinsaku Takasugi, Torataro Yoshimura, and other intellectual class warriors at the end of the Edo period. In addition, other court nobles of the time also joined the procession, such as the line of seven court nobles who tried to influence the Emperor to oppose the Shogunate.