Festivities of the Twelve Months: Sannō Hiyoshi Festivals Held on the Day of the Monkey in the Mid-Fourth Month”; Festivities of the Twelve Months: Sumō Wrestling at Matsuno’o Shrine during the Hassaku Festival on the First Day of the Eighth Month” early 18th century Japan Hiyoshi (or Hie) Taisha is the head shrine of nearly forty thousand Sannō (Mountain King”) branch shrines throughout Japan, which are associated with the great templeshrine complex of Enryakuji on Mount Hiei. The festival honoring the guardian, or tutelary, deity Sannō Gongen was held annually at the shrine on or around the day of the monkey (saru no hi) in the middle of the fourth month of the lunar calendar (the beginning of summer). The Hiyoshi (or Hie) Sannō Festival originated during the late eleventh century and is still celebrated today. This scene captures the climax of the festival, which consists of a race of boats carrying portable shrines (mikoshi) of the seven upper shrines across Lake Biwa to Karasak

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Festivities of the Twelve Months: Sannō Hiyoshi Festivals Held on the Day of the Monkey in the Mid-Fourth Month”; Festivities of the Twelve Months: Sumō Wrestling at Matsuno’o Shrine during the Hassaku Festival on the First Day of the Eighth Month” early 18th century Japan Hiyoshi (or Hie) Taisha is the head shrine of nearly forty thousand Sannō (Mountain King”) branch shrines throughout Japan, which are associated with the great templeshrine complex of Enryakuji on Mount Hiei. The festival honoring the guardian, or tutelary, deity Sannō Gongen was held annually at the shrine on or around the day of the monkey (saru no hi) in the middle of the fourth month of the lunar calendar (the beginning of summer). The Hiyoshi (or Hie) Sannō Festival originated during the late eleventh century and is still celebrated today. This scene captures the climax of the festival, which consists of a race of boats carrying portable shrines (mikoshi) of the seven upper shrines across Lake Biwa to Karasak

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