ninth lunar month

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The Ninth Lunar Month　九月 kugatsu - 長月　nagatsuki -
lit. "long month"

In the old lunar calendar of the Edo period

spring lasted from the first month to the third,
summer from the fourth month through the sixth,
autumn from the seventh month through the ninth,
winter from the tenth month through the twelfth.

. WKD : The Asian Lunar Calendar and the Saijiki .


. Edo Saijiki　江戸歳時記 .


source :　art.jcc-okinawa.net/okinawa/edonosiki


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chooyoo 重陽 (ちょうよう) "double prime number nine"
kiku no sekku 菊の節供 chrysanthemum ritual

. Chrysanthemum Festival .


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Kanda Myoojin Matsuri 神田明神祭り Kanda Myojin Festival
on the 15th day of the ninth lunar month, now on May 15


source and photos :　kandamyoujin.or.jp/kandasai

The festival floats were richly decorated.

夏と秋二年に見せる金屏風
natsu no aki ninen ni miseru kinbyoobu

in summer and autumn
once every two years we see
the golden folding screens
Yanagidaru 71



In summer for the Sanno Festival and in autumn for the Kanda festival rich merchants put a golden folding screen in front or their shop, placed a wooden stand in front of it (sanpoo 三方) and put up some offerings of sacred rice wine (miki　お神酒) .

. Kanda Myoojin 神田明神, Kanda-myōjin - 神田神社 Kanda-jinja.


. toojin ame uri 唐人飴売り Chinese-style candy vendor .
They came to sell their sweets at the Kanda Festival.

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Nezu Jinja Matsuri 根津神社例大祭
- source : 江戸の歳時記 -


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. Edo Saijiki　江戸歳時記 .


. - Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .


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