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#Taishi-yama
 
#Taishi-yama
 
#Kikusui-hoko
 
#Kikusui-hoko
#::Named after a so-called "chrysanthemum-water well" located in the neighborhood. The float features a sculpture/doll of the Chrysanthemum Boy of Chinese legend; a favorite of the emperor, he was tricked by his political rivals into going into exile, where he drank the dew off of chrysanthemum flowers and lived a miraculously long life of 700 years. The float was destroyed in fighting in [[1864]], and rejoined the festival in 1952.
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#::Named after a so-called "chrysanthemum-water well" located in the neighborhood. The float features a sculpture/doll of the Chrysanthemum Boy of Chinese legend; a favorite of the emperor, he was tricked by his political rivals into going into exile, where he drank the dew off of chrysanthemum flowers and lived a miraculously long life of 700 years. The float was destroyed in fighting in [[1864]], and rejoined the festival in 1952. The ''Kikusui-hoko'' is managed by the [[Kongo school|Kongô school]] of [[Noh]], and is kept in a storage space at Nishiki-Muromachi, at the former site of a Noh theater.
 
#Hakuga-yama
 
#Hakuga-yama
 
#Yamabushi-yama
 
#Yamabushi-yama
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