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The traditional [[Japanese calendar]] features a number of regularly occurring annual festivals.
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"Festivals" can refer to:
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*[[Gosekku]] - the five chief annual festivals
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*[[Matsuri]] - local festival observances, usually involving parades and other public celebrations
  
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.
 
*''Jômi no sekku'' - 3/3, Girls' Festival, Dolls Festival, aka [[Hina matsuri]]
 
*''Tango no sekku'' - 5/5 Boys' Festival, aka [[Kodomo no hi]]
 
*''[[Tanabata]]'' - 7/7 The festival of the Weaver Star
 
*''Chôyô no sekku'' - 9/9, [[Chrysanthemum Festival]]
 
 
 
During the [[Tokugawa period]], the first, 15th, and 28th days of each month were also ceremonial days.
 
 
 
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==References==
 
**Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 286n122.
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 23:25, 15 April 2015

"Festivals" can refer to:

  • Gosekku - the five chief annual festivals
  • Matsuri - local festival observances, usually involving parades and other public celebrations