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jidai-matsuri 時 代祭り
festival of the ages


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Shizuka Gozen (1165-1211)
In celebration of the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of the capital and in commemoration of the Emperor Kammu, the citizen of Kyôto established the Heian-jingû shrine in 1895. At the same time it was decided to annualy celebrate October 22 (date of moving the capital to Kyôto) with a grand festival. The highlight of this festival is a procession of colorful and varied costumes of the nobility as well as ordinary people, representing various ages during the passage of more than ten centuries. Thus the name "festival of the ages".

noble women
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young noblewomen - portrait
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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young noblewomen - Kyôto City  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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young noblewomen - portrait  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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young noblewomen  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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young noblewomen  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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young noblewomen  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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young noblewomen  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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young noblewomen  (7)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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young noblewomen  (8)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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wife of Kuranosuke Nakamura (1700)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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wife of Kuranosuke Nakamura  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Princess Kazu = Kazu-no-Miya (1860) with servants
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Princess Kazu  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Princess Kazu with servants  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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wife of Kuranosuke Nakamura  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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princess Kazu / servant  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Prinzessin Kazu  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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princess Kazu / servant  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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woman with kimono + Ôtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875)
Jidai-matsuri / Feste
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Ôtagaki Rengetsu = poet, painter, calligrapher, nun at Chion-in
Jidai-matsuri / Feste

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Izumo-no-Okuni - dancer from Izumo in Kyôto (1600)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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child of nobility
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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child of nobility  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Lady Shizuka - Shizuka Gozen
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Shizuka Gozen (1165-1211) - mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Shizuka Gozen  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Shizuka Gozen  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Shizuka Gozen  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Shizuka Gozen  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Shizuka Gozen  (7)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Shizuka Gozen  (8)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Shizuka Gozen  (9)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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daughter of poet Kino-Tsurayuki (900)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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daughter of poet Kino-Tsurayuki  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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noble children
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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noble children  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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noble children  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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noble children  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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noble children  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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noble children  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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author Sei Shônagon
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Sei Shônagon  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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author Murasaki Shikibu
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Murasaki Shikibu  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Murasaki Shikibu  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Kudara-O-Myôshin - noble woman of Kanmu Emperor
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Kudara-O-Myôshin  (2)
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Kudara-O-Myôshin - servant  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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noble woman
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Kudara-O-Myôshin - servant  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Kudara-O-Myôshin
servant  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tokigawa-Gozen (1160) - mother of Minamoto Yoshitsune +
Yokobue - mistress of an imperial warrior
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Tomoe-Gozen - Lady Tomoe (1180)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tomoe-Gozen = female warrior + wife of Kiso Yoshinaka
see also geisha / geigi Mamehana - Gionkobu
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tomoe-Gozen  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Tomoe-Gozen  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tomoe-Gozen  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Tomoe-Gozen  (7)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tomoe-Gozen  (8)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tomoe-Gozen  (9)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Yodogimi (1596-1615) - second wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Yodogimi  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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Yodogimi  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals


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Yodogimi  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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follower of Yodogimi
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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follower of Yodogimi  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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follower of Yodogimi  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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follower of Yodogimi  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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follower of Yodogimi  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Tomoe-Gozen  (10)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

warrior / samurai
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general Oda Nobunaga
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Oda Nobunaga - entry into Kyôto (1569 / 70)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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samurai - Kusunoki Masahige
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Oda Nobunaga  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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warrior = samurai  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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samurai  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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samurai  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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samurai  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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samurai  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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samurai  (7)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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samurai  (8)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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samurai  (9)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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archer
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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Kusunoki Masahige  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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archer  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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tired vassals
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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warrior
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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tired warrior
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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ox-drawn carriage of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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troops of Oda Nobunaga - entry into Kyôto
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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troops of Oda Nobunaga  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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troops of Oda Nobunaga - archers  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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troops of Oda Nobunaga  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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troops of Oda Nobunaga - firearms  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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troops of Oda Nobunaga  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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troops of Oda Nobunaga - firearms  (7)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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archer
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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archer on horse = yabusame
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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archer on horse   (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

court officals
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court officials
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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court officials  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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court official  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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court official  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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court official  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

  women from Ôhara village = ôharame
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ôharame - women from Ôhara
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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92 years old ôharame - s.a. elder people  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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ôharame  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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ôharame  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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ôharame  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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ôharame  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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ôharame  (7)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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ôharame  (8)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

horses
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decorated procession horse
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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procession horse  (2)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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procession horse  (3)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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procession horse  (4)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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procession horse  (5)
jidai-matsuri / festivals
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procession horse  (6)
jidai-matsuri / festivals

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procession horse  (7)
Jidai-matsuri / Feste
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procession horse  (8)
Jidai-matsuri / Feste
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procession horse  (9)
Jidai-matsuri / Feste