Ofune Festival (Boat Race) - Ofune Festival

Japanese: 御船祭(船競漕) - おふねまつり
Ofune Festival (Boat Race) - Ofune Festival

…The date chosen was a day other than the Boy's Festival, and this type of boat race is thought to be indigenous to Japan. The prototype of the Japanese boat race can be found in the form of the "Ofune Matsuri" (Sacred Boat Festival), in which a god is welcomed from across the sea during a festival, and the god travels around the parishioners' area in a boat, or travels to a place that would be equivalent to a shrine on land. Even today, quiet festivals without such races remain in various places. …

*Some of the terms used in relation to the "Ofune Festival (boat race)" are explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…期日としては,端午節以外の日取りが選ばれており,この種の船競漕は,日本在来のものと考えられる。日本での船競漕の原型は,祭りに際して海のかなたから神を迎える,また神が船に乗って氏子区域を巡回する,あるいは陸でいえば御旅所(おたびしよ)にあたる場所まで神幸する,という〈御船祭(おふねまつり)〉の形態に求められよう。そうした競漕を伴わない静かな祭りは,今でも各地に残っている。…

※「御船祭(船競漕)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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