The Yamaboko Junkō parade, part of the Gion Festival celebrated every 17th and 24th July in Kyoto, Japan. A procession of dashi or floats led by a famous halberd, endowed with the virtue of healing, is borne on the foremost float, on the dais of which stands, between two virgins, the chief danseuse.

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The Yamaboko Junkō parade, part of the Gion Festival celebrated every 17th and 24th July in Kyoto, Japan. A procession of dashi or floats led by a famous halberd, endowed with the virtue of healing, is borne on the foremost float, on the dais of which stands, between two virgins, the chief danseuse. From Customs of The World, published c. 1913.

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