Sacred mask of Ebara jinja (Shrine) on portable shrine on boat, *Kappa matsuri* (festival) , Japan 1973
Childs, Iraphne R. (1973) Sacred mask of Ebara jinja (Shrine) on portable shrine on boat, *Kappa matsuri* (festival) , Japan 1973. [Image]
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Abstract
Ebara Jinja (shrine) in Shinagawa, Tokyo, is the proud possessor of a mask said to be 1000 years old, found floating in Tokyo Bay off Shinagawa long ago by a fisherman who thought it was the face of a god. He took it to the local shrine where it has been ever since. Once a year the mask is taken out into Tokyo Bay in a boat as a symbolic gesture to the god it is supposed to represent. This is part of the Kappa matsuri (water goblin festival) held annually in May. This image shows the mask being attached to a mikoshi (portable shrine) on the boat which will carry it out onto Tokyo Bay.
Additional Information
| Item Type: | Image | ||||||||
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| Collection: | Asia-Pacific Images: 1970s-1990s | ||||||||
| Sub-Collection Title: | Japan |
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| Date: | 1973 | ||||||||
| Keywords: | Japanese; masks; festivals, celebrations, etc | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2013 13:06 | ||||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2022 07:31 | ||||||||
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright Iraphne R. Childs. | ||||||||
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| Location | 35.61715623, 139.74336288 | ||||||||
| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/870 | ||||||||
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