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  1. Following the Ōnin War (応仁・文明の乱 1467-77) the festival was suspended for over a century and a half.

    The Tokugawa shōgunate helped revive the Aoi Matsuri, and it's believed that at this time the Tokugawa first adopted an aoi (wild ginger) leaf motif as their crest (三つ葉葵).

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