The Shijo Kasa-boko float. Photo thanks - https://4travel.jp/travelogue/10908224

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

Attendants of the Shijo Kasa-boko float gather. Photo thanks - https://4travel.jp/travelogue/10908224

Shijo Kasa-boko float (the plastic covering is just in case it rains, a common occurrence during the Gion Matsuri).

22) SHIJŌ KASA-BOKO (四条傘鉾)⛱️

Shijō-Kasa-boko is one of the festival's earliest style of floats, mimicking the giant parasols used to entertain the god Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王) as he was paraded in 876 from his temporary home in Nagi-no-mori (梛の林) to Gion-sha (祇園社).

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Stylised kanji on the yukata of the Naginata-boko float.

Fan gifted from the Naginata-boko float.

Umbrella kanji on the yukata of the Shijo Kasa-boko float.

The Shijo Kasa-boko float.

A few of the floats incorporate stylised characters from their names into the yukata patterns...

✍️Naginata-hoko (長刀鉾) uses the '長'...

✍️Shijō-Kasa-boko (四条傘鉾) includes the '傘'...

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