MINGEI - kyoogibune Odawara

LINK
http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/08/kanagawa-folk-toys.html


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Odawara town 小田原


. Odawara choochin 小田原堤灯 lanterns from Odawara .





kyoogibune, kyoogi no fune 経木舟
kyogibune, boats from paper-thin sheets of wood

(mostly wood from hinoki or sugi pines)
There are people on board, linked to the paper strips hanging down. When the wind moves these strips, the boatman starts rowing, the man dances with his umbrella.
This art has died out at the early Showa period.

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