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*Kappa matsuri* (festival) boats on Tokyo Bay, Japan

Iraphne R. Childs1973

QUT Digital Collections

QUT Digital Collections
Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia

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). This image shows several of the procession boats heading out into Tokyo Bay.

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  • Title: *Kappa matsuri* (festival) boats on Tokyo Bay, Japan
  • Creator: Iraphne R. Childs
  • Date Created: 1973
  • Location: Japan
  • Subject Keywords: Japanese; boats; harbours
  • Rights: Copyright Iraphne R. Childs
  • External Link: QUT Digital Collection
  • QUT Collection: Asia-Pacific Collection, Asia Pacific
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