MINGEI - Kyushu

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


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太鼓山 festival float with big drum
コッコデショ Kokkodesho the Flying Drum
（樺島町） from Kabashima
During the festival the bearers throw it high in the air and then catch it again.





. Nagasaki Okunchi 長崎おくんち Festival .

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tengu men 天狗面 Tengu mask



At the 諏訪神社 Suwa Jinja shrine of Nagasaki, there is a famous mask. But the Tengu looks more like an oni, 鬼 a demon. They are an amulet to ward off evil.
It is small, only about 8 cm and made from papermachee. Three little bamboo stick horns, painted white, come out of the head.
After the war they were not made any more.

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. kujira no shiofuki 鯨の潮吹き whale spouring, blowing .


. . . . . . . . . . Nagasaki 長崎県



kujira no shiofuki 鯨の潮吹き whale spouring, blowing
This is the toy version of the festival float for Okunchi. When the toy is pulled, its tail waves up and down.


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. Nagasaki Okunchi 長崎おくんち "Honorable Day with a Nine" .
Chrysanthemum Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month.

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