Gion Festival Kyoto Float Procession Japan
Original vintage travel poster advertising the Gion Festival Float Procession in Kyoto on 17 and 25 July featuring artwork depicting a large traditional float mounted on a wooden cart and being pulled along the road, the text in Japanese and English. Originally part of a purification ritual during an epidemic in 869, the Gion Matsuri / 祇園祭 is one of the most famous summer festivals in Japan held annually every July in Kyoto and at the Shinto Yasaka Shrine / 八坂神社 (Gion Shrine / 祇園神社 established 656). Good condition, restored pinholes, restored tears, backed on linen.
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