Dancers of the Ayagasa-boko float. Image thanks - https://ayakasahoko.or.jp/

The Ayagasa-boko float. Image thanks - https://ayakasahoko.or.jp/

An old illustration showing the Ayagasa-boko float. Image thanks - https://www.arc.ritsumei.ac.jp/e/ijac/

Child participants of the Ayagasa-boko float pray at Yasaka-jinja. Image thanks - https://ayakasahoko.or.jp/

28) AYAGASA-BOKO (綾傘鉾)☂️

The Ayagasa-boko consists of two large parasols. It is thought they reflect the earliest type of float seen in the festival, first used to entertain the gods. Absent for a long time, in 1979 the float was restored.

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