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⚫ | The {{Nihongo|'''Takayama Festival'''|高山祭|Takayama Matsuri}} is actually two festivals which started between 16th to 17th century. (Lo, n.d.) “The origins of the festivals are unknown” however are believed to have been started during the rule of the Kanamori family. Correspondence dated 1692 place the origin to 40 years prior to that date. (The Origin of, n.d.) The festivals started The festivals are held on the 14th and 15th of April and the 9th and 10th of October (Eder, 1972). The Spring Takayama Festival is centered on the Hie-Jinja (日枝神社) or Shrine. The shrine is also known as the Sanno Shrine, and the spring festival is also known as the Sanno Festival. The Sanno Festival is held to pray for a good harvest and the Autumn Festival is for giving thanks (Eder, 1972). The Autumn festival is centered on the Sakurayama Hachiman-gu (桜山八幡宮)or Shrine and is referred to as the Hachiman Festival and is held after the crops are harvested. The fall festival is one of the three largest festivals in Japan (Nihon no sandai matsuri). The other two are Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and the Chichibu Matsuri (The other two, n.d.). |
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The Yatai floats are. (n.d.) Takayama Matsuri Autumn Festival. Retrieved August 09, 2009. from Japan National Tourism Organization web site: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a54_fes_takayama.html |
The Yatai floats are. (n.d.) Takayama Matsuri Autumn Festival. Retrieved August 09, 2009. from Japan National Tourism Organization web site: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a54_fes_takayama.html |
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The Takayama Festival (高山祭, Takayama Matsuri) is actually two festivals which started between 16th to 17th century. (Lo, n.d.) “The origins of the festivals are unknown” however are believed to have been started during the rule of the Kanamori family. Correspondence dated 1692 place the origin to 40 years prior to that date. (The Origin of, n.d.) The festivals started The festivals are held on the 14th and 15th of April and the 9th and 10th of October (Eder, 1972). The Spring Takayama Festival is centered on the Hie-Jinja (日枝神社) or Shrine. The shrine is also known as the Sanno Shrine, and the spring festival is also known as the Sanno Festival. The Sanno Festival is held to pray for a good harvest and the Autumn Festival is for giving thanks (Eder, 1972). The Autumn festival is centered on the Sakurayama Hachiman-gu (桜山八幡宮)or Shrine and is referred to as the Hachiman Festival and is held after the crops are harvested. The fall festival is one of the three largest festivals in Japan (Nihon no sandai matsuri). The other two are Kyoto's Gion Matsuri and the Chichibu Matsuri (The other two, n.d.).
The festivals are famous for the large ornate Yatai (floats) which roam around the city at night. The Yatai, date back to the 17th century, and are decorated with intricate carvings of gilded wood, and detailed metal-works, rich design, similar in style to art from Kyoto during the Momoyama era, and blended with elements from the early Edo period. Detailed carving, lacquering and beautiful decorative metal-works is found not only on the outside of the floats, but inside as well, under the roof and behind the panels, where the work is amazingly detailed. (The Yatai date back, n.d.) The Yatai are also <“gorgeously decorated with embroidered drapery (Eder, 1972). “The Yatai floats are lined up before dusk, and once the town becomes veiled in the evening darkness, as many as 100 chochin lanterns are lit on each of the floats. The unique ornaments of the yatai floats look even more resplendent in the darkness of the night”. (The Yatai Floats are, n.d.) The Yatai are moved around the city by people but are wheeled carts and the bearers are not required to endure the load. The Yatai are lit by traditional lanterns and escorted on tour the city by people in traditional Kimono or Hakama. Each float reflects the district in Takayama to which it represents. The craftsman ship and the Hotei tai “has intricate marrionettes?” which perform on top (Hotei tai, “has, n.d.). The puppet show is a registered as a "cultural asset” (eder, 1972). The tall festive Yatai are displayed during the two days of both festivals. During inclement weather the Yatai are returned to the their storage houses. The Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan stores four of the 11 fall float, the other Yatai are stored in special storehouses (Yatai gura) throughout the city, when not in use. During inclement weather, the outer doors to the Yatai Kaikan are open so visitors may view them. The yatai in the Yatai Kaikan are change several times a year. The Yatai Kaikan is located in the northern end of Takayama's old town, a 15-20 minute walk from the station. The Yatai kaikan is open is from 08:30 to 17:00 from March to November and from 0900 to 16:30 from December to February (The Takayama Matsuri Yatai, n.d.). The admission fee is 840 yen.
The puppets or marionettes are made of wood, silk and brocade or embroidered cloth. They are operated by strings and push rods from within the yatai. (The puppets or marionettes, n.d.) “Karakuri (mechanical) puppet plays performed on a stage are superb”. (Nakabayashi, n.d.) The puppets like the Yatai represent the skilled craftsmen of the area. The puppets or The three marionettes “on Hotei Tai (the god of fortune)” require 9 puppet masters to manipulate the 36 strings which make the marionettes move in a lifelike manner, with gestures, turns and other movements. (The puppets like, n.d.) A problem with the puppets are parts needed to repair the puppets. The springs in the puppets are made of Right whale baleen and cannot be replaced with steel springs or the baleen of other whales. Other materials used to make the springs cannot duplicate the movements of the springs made with Right whale baleen. (Nakabayashi, n.d.)
Eder, M. (1972).The folk customs museum in Takayama (Hida, Gifu prefecture). Asian Folklore Studies, 31(2), 148. Retrieved August 9, 2009 from Jstor Database.
Hotei tai, “has. (n.d.) The puppets. Retrieved August 8, 2009, from Hida-Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Web site: http://www.hida-hachiman.org/en/02_festival/index.html
Lo, P. (n.d.) Japan guide: Takayama and Gero onsen. Retrieved on August 06, 2009. From http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/gifu/takayama.html
Nakabayashi, T. (n.d.) The Takayama festival and whale baleen. Retrieved August 8, 2009, from Japan Whaling Association Web site: http://www.whaling.jp/english/isana/no32_01.html
The Origin of, (n.d.) Background of the Takayama matsuri or festival. Retrieved August 09, 2009. from Japan National Tourism Organization web site: http://www.hidanet.ne.jp/e02/ematsuri/ekigen.htm
The other two., (n.d.) The Takayama matsuri (festival). Retrieved August 8, 2009, from Hida-Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Web site: http://www.hida-hachiman.org/en/02_festival/index.html
The Takayama Matsuri Yatai. (n.d.) Takayama Matsuri Yatai Kaikan. Retrieved August 07, 2009. from Hida-Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Web site: http://www.hida-hachiman.org/en/05_yataikaikan/index.html
The three puppets or marionettes. (n.d.) The puppets. Retrieved August 8, 2009, from Hida-Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Web site: http://www.hida-hachiman.org/en/04_puppets/index.html
The puppets like. (n.d.) The puppets. Retrieved August 8, 2009, from Hida-Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Web site: http://www.hida-hachiman.org/en/04_puppets/index.html
The Yatai date back. (n.d.) The festive floats. Retrieved August 07, 2009. from Hida-Takayama Sakurayama Hachimangu Shrine Web site: http://www.hida-hachiman.org/en/02_festival/index.html
The Yatai floats are. (n.d.) Takayama Matsuri Autumn Festival. Retrieved August 09, 2009. from Japan National Tourism Organization web site: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/history/traditionalevents/a54_fes_takayama.html