Lantern procession - Chochingyoretsu

Japanese: 提灯行列 - ちょうちんぎょうれつ

〘 noun 〙 A procession held in a line at night during celebratory events or festivals, with lighted lanterns in each hand. Also, the procession. ※Tokyo Asahi Shimbun - May 10, 1904 (Meiji 37) "The lantern procession for the citizens' grand celebration took place the night before last" [Essay] (1) This is a torchlight procession that was introduced in the American Torchlight Festival at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, but with lanterns instead of torches. It is said that the first torchlight procession was held in 1873 ( Meiji 6 ) by faculty members at the medical school to celebrate the birthday of foreign professor Millerel.
(2) It was held on a large scale to celebrate victories in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95 ) and the Russo-Japanese War ( 1904-05 ). It became more common in the second half of the 1890s and came to be widely held on days that were to be celebrated by the nation.

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Japanese:

〘名〙祝意を表わす行事の際や祭礼の時に、火をともした提灯を手に手に持って、夜間、列を組んで行進すること。また、その行列。※東京朝日新聞‐明治三七年（1904）五月一〇日「市民大祝捷会の提灯行列は、一昨夜を以て実行せられたり」[語誌](1)幕末の洋行使節によって紹介されたアメリカのたいまつ行進が、たいまつを提灯に変えて行なわれたもの。明治六年（一八七三）に、医学校の外国人教授ミルレルの誕生日祝いに教員らが行なったものが最初という。
(2)日清戦争（一八九四‐九五）や日露戦争（一九〇四‐〇五）の戦勝に際して大々的に行なわれ、明治三〇年代後半から一般化し、国家にとって祝うべき日に広く行なわれるようになった。

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