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| − | The traditional [[Japanese calendar]] features a number of regularly occurring annual festivals.
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| | + | *[[Gosekku]] - the five chief annual festivals |
| | + | *[[Matsuri]] - local festival observances, usually involving parades and other public celebrations |
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| − | Five of these festivals were known together as the ''gosekku'' (five seasonal festivals). They consist of:
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| − | *''Jinjitsu no sekku'' - 1st month, 7th day, seven herbs were eaten. Also known as Nanakusa no sekku, Wakana no sekku. In the Imperial Court, this was accompanied by a rite called Kochôhai.
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| − | *''Jômi no sekku'' or ''Jôshi''<!--上巳--> - 3/3, Girls' Festival, Dolls Festival, aka [[Hina matsuri]]. Also celebrated as the Kyokusui festival, emulating the famous [[Orchid Pavilion]] gathering organized by [[Wang Xizhi]] in [[353]]. In emulation of that event, courtiers composed poetry while floating wine cups down a stream in one of the palace gardens.
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| − | *''Tango no sekku'' - 5/5 Boys' Festival, aka [[Kodomo no hi]]. Celebrated in the Court as an iris festival.
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| − | *''[[Tanabata]]'' - 7/7 The festival of the Weaver Star. Called Kikkoden in the Court.
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| − | *''Chôyô no sekku'' - 9/9, [[Chrysanthemum Festival]]. A festival in connection with the rice harvest, and related to one in China which involved the drinking of chrysanthemum wine.
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| − | During the [[Tokugawa period]], the first, 15th, and 28th days of each month were also ceremonial days.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | *Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 286n122.
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| − | *Gallery label, Freer Gallery of Art, "Gosekku: The Five Ancient Festivals of the Imperial Court," [[Ikeda Koson]], set of five hanging scrolls, c. 1830, F1999.5.1a-f.
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