江戸山王祭 EDO SAN NOH festival UKIYO E MINOSUZU selected

日本三大夏祭のうち２つは言わずとしれた京都祇園祭と大阪の天神祭

もう1つは？それが 山王祭

（東京の千代田区永田町にある日枝神社の例祭6月15日を中心に行われる）

江戸時代は、神輿が城内に入ることを許された祭りでした

芸者衆が先導を務める手古舞姿がキャッチーですね！

神田祭と１年交代で勤めたそうで、歌舞伎の材にもなっています

 永田町にある日枝神社の大元は

滋賀県大津市坂本の日吉（ひえ）大社です

例祭は4月14日（古くは陰暦4月中の申の日）を中心に行われます

Two of the three major summer festivals in Japan are the Kyoto Gion Festival and the Tenjin Festival in Osaka

The other one? 　That's the Sanno Festival

(It is held mainly on June 15, the annual festival of Hie Shrine in Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.)

In the Edo period, it was a festival where mikoshi were allowed to enter the castle

The geisha lead the way is a catchy hand-maiden!

It seems that he worked in a one-year shift with the Kanda Festival, and it is also used as a material for kabuki

The origin of the Hie Shrine in Nagatacho is

It is Hiyoshi Taisha in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture

The annual festival is held mainly on April 14 (the day of the monkey in the fourth month of the lunar calendar in ancient times)