| Start: | Nov 7, '10 |
| End: | Nov 19, '10 |
| Location: | Otori-jinja Shrine and other shrines City: 3-18-7, Senzoku, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
This fair in Asakusa features stalls selling lavishly-decorated RAKES (yes, rakes!).
The "kumade" rakes are thought to bring good luck and fortune. The good-luck rake is made of bamboo and is festooned and decorated with masks and koban (old gold coins), paper etc.
This famous annual event is held on the day of the Tori (Rooster) in Chinese calendar. Days of the rooster occur every 12 days in November, which means that the month of November has at least 2 or even 3 days of the rooster, depending on the year. The date changes every year as it is based on the lunar calendar.
This year, the day of the rooster seems to fall on 7th and 19th.
From the internet:
Btw, this is a woodblock print by Koizumi Kishio featuring the Asakusa Tori-no-Ichi Festival, September 1940.
Here's a link explaining about the fair's origins etc.
http://www.torinoichi.jp/english/index.htm
Thanks Cat.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend.
hi John! A bit busy this weekend...so hope it will be nice-busy :-)
ReplyDeletehope you have a rakingly good time yourself this weekend ...
you have work on weekends?
ReplyDeletenope, more on high school classmates gimik...hehehe...
ReplyDeletethat isss tiring...hav´a fun weekend Cat!
ReplyDeletetiring to have an eat all you can...*sigh*
ReplyDeletelife is difficult indeed..but c'est la vie!
btw, in all honesty, when I first heard this, I was thinking of the rakes in the US they use to rake leaves...and I was wondering how that would look...
ReplyDeleteas you can see, their rakes are sosyal...hahaha!
rake day ?
ReplyDeleteHmm....' leaves ' something to be desired.
*wink*
ReplyDeletewitty Jim!
I've found a predominantly blue woodblock image of this fair which I kind of liked...so am replacing the picture earlier...
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