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  1. Camellia Tea Ceremony @[email protected] ·

    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

    #kyoto #大文字 #五山送り火
  2. Camellia Tea Ceremony @[email protected] ·

    It's unclear what the character '大' represents.

    As Kūkai is often credited as creator, many have suggested it signifies the Shingon doctrine of 'Sokushin Jōbutsu' (即身成仏 lit. 'Becoming a Buddha in This Life').
    Alternatively it might symbolize the 5 elements, or a human figure.

    #Daimonji #大文字

    #daimonji #大文字
  3. Camellia Tea Ceremony @[email protected] ·

    Daimonji's (大文字) horizontal stroke is 80m long, the left sweep 160m and the right sweep 120m.
    The character '大' means large or great, though it is unclear what it symbolises.

    A little before 8pm the first fire (of 75 in total) is lit at the Kanao (金尾), Daimonji's heart.
    #Daimonji #大文字

    #daimonji #大文字
  4. Camellia Tea Ceremony @[email protected] ·

    🔥'大'🔥

    Daimonji (大文字) is first of the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火 the 'Send off Fires') to be lit, at 8pm on August 16th. It is by far the most famous, and oldest, of the current 5 Okuribi (送り火).

    Daimonji sits on the upper slopes of Daimonji-yama (大文字山 aka Mt. Nyoigadake 如意ヶ嶽).

    #Kyoto #京都 #大文字

    #kyoto #京都 #大文字
  5. Camellia Tea Ceremony @[email protected] ·

    👋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

    #五山送り火 #japan #kyoto #京都 #wagashi #お盆
  6. windymelt (Twitterから転送) @[email protected] ·

    [Tw] RT @kyoto_np: 【お知らせ】
    「五山送り火」の様子をYouTubeチャンネル「京都新聞TV」でライブ配信！
    ▶ t.co/BcMNXi6iK0（外部サイトに遷移します）
    京都新聞本社屋、白川通今出川のビル屋上の2地点から配信します（点火は20時ごろから）。
    #送り火 #五山送り火 #大文字 #ライブカメラ t.co/ZjRRf3KBPO
    [de] twitter.com/windymelt/status/1

    #送り火 #五山送り火 #大文字 #ライブカメラ