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Autumn festival kunchi of the Karatsu jinja, Saga. It includes a festival procession held in late October/early November which is famous for its huge five-metre high elaborate floats more than 120 years old. The fourteen floats which process in order of seniority represent 1. a red lion akajishi, the oldest float constructed in 1819, 2. a blue lion aojishi, 3. the legend of Urashima Taro and the turtle, 4. Minamoto, Yoshitsune's helmet, 5. a sea bream tai, 6. a phoenix ho-o maru, 7. a flying dragon hiryu, 8. a golden lion kinjishi, 9. the helmet of Takeda, Shingen, 10. The helmet of Uesugi, Kenshin, 11. the robber shutendoji and the helmet of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, 12. a dragon's head, 13. a legendary dolphin shachi and 14. another lion (built 1876) A Popular Dictionary of Shinto (Brian Bocking) |
