− | #::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. | + | #::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. |