#五山送り火 — Public Fediverse posts

9) CALLIGRAPHY✍️

Nakagawa Kiun (中川喜雲) in his 1662 Kyōto guide, 'Annai-sha' (案内者), mentions that Daimonji (大文字) was modeled on the calligraphy of the poet Konoe Nobutada (近衛信尹 1565-1614).
Mysteriously, no further explanation is given.

#Kyoto #大文字 #五山送り火

2) GRAVE LANTERNS🪦

In the Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代 1336-92) it is recorded that lanterns were lit at the graves on Ryōzan (霊山) and Toribeno (鳥辺野) to welcome back the spirits of the dead.

The details are sparse and it is unclear if this was a regular event.
#五山送り火 #Toribeno #鳥辺野

🔎ORIGINS OF THE OKURIBI🔥

Counted as 1 of Kyōto's 4 great celebrations, the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火) was originally called Shūkyō Gyōji or Oshorai-san (宗教行事 'the ritual' - おしょらい/おしょらいさん).

Many people incorrectly call the event Daimonji (大文字), the first and most famous of the Okuribi.

#五山送り火 #Obon

🔥鳥居形🔥

Toriigata (鳥居形), lit at 8:20pm, is the last of the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火) to be ignited. At this time, for a brief moment, all the Okuribi are visible across the city (Daimonji little more than a flicker in the dark).

#Toriigata #鳥居形 #五山送り火

🔥'妙法'🔥

The second of the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火) to be lit is Myō-hō (妙法), at 8:10pm on August 16th.

These are actually two separate characters. 'Myō' (妙) and 'Hō' (法) are lit on two separate, neighbouring mountain slopes, but are read as one.

#五山送り火 #Japan #Kyoto

👋FAREWELL TO THE DEAD🔥

Obon draws to a close in Kyōto on August 16th. As darkness falls families say goodbye to the ancestral spirits for another year.

From 8pm fiery shapes appear on five of Kyōto's mountains...beacons guiding the dead back to the Netherworld.

#五山送り火 #Kyoto #GozannoOkuribi

The boat's mast is 113m tall and its body 40m deep. It stretches 93m to the left of the mast and 93m to the right.

400 bundles of split pine and 130 bundles of pine needles are used to create bonfires on the 79 fire beds.

54 local men are selected to light the fires.

#Kyoto #京都 #Obon #GozannoOkuribi #五山送り火 #お盆

According to Yūsen-ji (涌泉寺) lore, in 1307 the monk Nichizō (日像 d.1342) converted the village of Matsugasaki to the Nichiren sect. In celebration he carved the letter 'Myō' (妙) on Nishiyama (西山-West Matsugasaki) with his walking stick, close to the village cemetery.

After Nichizō's death the villagers maintained the tradition, continuing to illuminate the character he had drawn on the mountain slope.

#Obon #お盆 #Matsugasaki #松崎 #GozannoOkuribi #五山送り火

👋FAREWELL TO THE DEAD🔥

Obon (お盆) draws to a close in the next few days, and tomorrow evening families will be saying goodbye to their ancestral spirits for another year.

From 8pm fiery shapes will appear on five of Kyōto's mountains...beacons guiding the dead back to the Netherworld.

#五山送り火 #Japan #Kyoto #京都 #wagashi #お盆 #Obon #GozannoOkuribi #Daimonji #大文字

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