JAPAN Honshu Kyoto

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Gion Festival. The ‘chigo’ the figure of greatest importance in the festival dressed in richly decorated silk robes of a Heian nobleman. Prior to the Edo period the chigo was always the son of a samurai, but on this occasion he is the son of a well-known samurai actor Ikawa Hashizo. Matsuri, tradition, traditional, custom, dress, pageboy of the gods, Asia Asian Classic Classical Historical Japanese Nihon Nippon Older Religion

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Location: JAPAN Honshu Kyoto
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