River-wiping Festival - Kawayoke Festival

Japanese: 川除祭 - かわよけまつり
River-wiping Festival - Kawayoke Festival

…The annual festival is held on April 15th. On this day, the Omiyuki Festival is held along the Kamanashi River, about 24km one way, to Ryuo Town, Nakakoma County, where the Kawayoke Festival (flood prevention festival) is held to pray for flood prevention in the Kofu Basin. The shrine's treasures include the Heart Sutra (Important Cultural Property) written by Emperor Gonara. …

*Some of the terminology used in relation to the "Kawa-oze Festival" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…例祭は4月15日。この日釜無川畔の中巨摩郡竜王町まで片道約24kmの大神幸(おおみゆき)祭があり,そこで甲府盆地の水防を祈願する川除(かわよけ)祭(水防祭)が行われる。宝物に後奈良天皇宸筆般若心経(重文)がある。…

※「川除祭」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Kou - Do this

>>:  Kawayama mine

Recommend

Sakuragawa [Village] - Sakuragawa

A village in Inashiki County, southern Ibaraki Pre...

Hay, J.

…One of his early works is Cardinal Rolin's N...

Kappel War - Kappel War

…Official name: Swiss Confederation Schweizerisch...

Kisshoten repents

…Shosekigetsukai is also called Shuseki for short...

Aladdin

①An American film produced in 1992. Original title...

gavelkind

…The extant manuscript is from the 15th century, ...

Daijiro Furuta

Year of death: October 15, 1925 Year of birth: Jan...

Caciquismo (English spelling)

A political system in Spain and Portugal from the ...

Manabe-shi - Manabe-ji

A feudal lord in the early modern period. He was a...

Cicca

…In China and Japan, candles are made from the Ch...

Kihei Island

An uninhabited island located about 2.3 km northea...

Sea willow (Virgularia gustaviana)

A coelenterate (cnidaria) of the family Oligocalli...

Folk taxonomy (English spelling)

...The scope of research has expanded from the or...

Abbey of Fulda

One of the oldest Benedictine monasteries in Germ...

André Malraux

French novelist and thinker. Born in Paris on Nov...