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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara, during trainning in Yabusame(equastian archery) and Kyudo (archery)
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara, during trainning in Yabusame(equastian archery) and Kyudo (archery)
    1-YABUSAME_TRAINING_1795.jpg
  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara, during trainning in Yabusame(equastian archery) and Kyudo (archery)
    9-YABUSAME_TRAINING_1880.jpg
  • Trainning in Yabusame (equestian archery) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Yabusame (equestian archery) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Yabusame (equestian archery) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Yabusame (equestian archery) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Yabusame (equestian archery) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Yabusame (equestian archery) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara fixing his gloves while wearing an Edo era costume, before taking part in Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • One of the archers taking part in Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual) aranging the bows in the shrine's dojo (martial arts building), after the morning trainning on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura
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  • Morning practise in preperation for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), that is performed on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
    HACHIMANGU-YABUSAME_5767.jpg
  • Arrows on display during an outdoors preperatory ritual for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Morning practise in preperation for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), that is performed on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
    HACHIMANGU-YABUSAME_5747.jpg
  • The three main archers taking part in a preperatory ritual for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Young people in traditional costumes carrying targets for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara (middle) on the way to a ritual before taking part in Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara leaving the Yabusame track at the end of Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • People dressed in traditional costumes putting up targets for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Morning practise in preperation for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), that is performed on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara during Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara (R) and other archers getting ready before taking part in Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Morning practise in preperation for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), that is performed on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Morning practise in preperation for Yabusame (horse-riding archery shinto ritual), that is performed on the 3rd day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura.
    HACHIMANGU-YABUSAME_5736.jpg
  • Trainning in Kyudo (archers) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Japanese manners at a branch of the Owasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Kyudo (archers) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Kyudo (archers) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Kyudo (archers) at the branch of the Ogasawara school in Saitama
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  • Trainning in Japanese manners at a branch of the Owasawara school in Saitama
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  • Preparing the traditional costumes and getting dressed for the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
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  • Archers shooting during the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
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  • The first three yabusame archers are the ones who will devote their three first shots to the gods of Tado shrine, are walking towards the Yabusame track.
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  • The first three yabusame archers are the ones who will devote their three first shots to the gods of Tado shrine, are walking towards the Yabusame track.
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  • Yabusame archers preparing bows and arrows for the Yasame ritual that will be performed the next day in Tado shrine.
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  • Yabusame archers tying their gloves for the practice of Yabusame the day before they perform the Yabusame ritual in Tado Shrine.
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  • Yabusame archer during the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • Shinto priests and archers walking the Yabusame track before the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • Shinto priests and archers walking the Yabusame track before the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • The archers of the Ogasawara school, in front of Tado shrine, before the beginning of the Yabusame ritual.
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  • Preparing the traditional costumes and getting dressed for the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
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  • Young female priest cleaning Tado shrine in the morning of the day when Yabusame ritual is performed.
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  • Yabusame archers in front of a temporary stable for the horses used in Yabusame, at Tado shrine
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  • 31st patriarch, Kiyotada Ogasawara checking the results of the Ogasawara school's archers shooting  after the end of the Yabusame ritual at Tado shrine.
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  • The first three yabusame archers are the ones who will devote their three first shots to the gods of Tado shrine, are walking towards the Yabusame track.
    YABUSAME_TADO_5202.jpg
  • The archers of the Ogasawara school, in front of Tado shrine, before the beginning of the Yabusame ritual.
    YABUSAME_TADO_5139.jpg
  • 31st patriarch f Yabusame school, Kiyotada Ogasawara, talking to his archers before the ritual of Yabusame at Tado shrine
    YABUSAME_TADO_4928.jpg
  • Preparing the traditional costumes and getting dressed for the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
    YABUSAME_TADO_4903.jpg
  • Yabusame archers walking the tyabusame track at the end of a yabusame practice in the morning of the day of Yabusame ritual at Tado shrine
    YABUSAME_TADO_4809.jpg
  • Yabusame archers preparing bows and arrows for the Yasame ritual that will be performed the next day in Tado shrine.
    YABUSAME_TADO_4577.jpg
  • Shinto priests and archers walking the Yabusame track before the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
    YABUSAME_ASAKUSA_1729.jpg
  • Archers and horses after the end of Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
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  • Archers shooting during the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
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  • The archers of the Ogasawara school, in front of Tado shrine, before the beginning of the Yabusame ritual.
    YABUSAME_TADO_5116.jpg
  • 31st patriarch of Yabusame, Kiyotada Ogasawara.
    YABUSAME_TADO_4954.jpg
  • Preparing the traditional costumes and getting dressed for the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
    YABUSAME_TADO_4847.jpg
  • traditional swards used with traditional costumes in the Yabusame ritual. Tado shrine
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  • Yabusame archers walking the tyabusame track at the beginning of a yabusame practice on the day before they take part in the Yabusame ritual at Tado shrine
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  • After the end of Yabusame ritual in Asakusa, the archers are returning the horses to their stables.
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  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara taking his price (white cloth) from shinto priests after the end of Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • The archers of the Ogasawara school, in front of Tado shrine, before the beginning of the Yabusame ritual.
    YABUSAME_TADO_5069.jpg
  • 31st patriarch of Yabusame, Kiyotada Ogasawara.
    YABUSAME_TADO_4958.jpg
  • 31st patriarch f Yabusame school, Kiyotada Ogasawara, talking to his archers before the ritual of Yabusame at Tado shrine
    YABUSAME_TADO_4935.jpg
  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara during a morning Yabusame practice on the day of the Yabusame festival in Tado shrine
    YABUSAME_TADO_4803.jpg
  • Yabusame archers preparing bows and arrows for the Yasame ritual that will be performed the next day in Tado shrine.
    YABUSAME_TADO_4742.jpg
  • A hat and arrows used in Yabusame - Asakusa
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  • Yabusame archers shooting during the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • Yabusame archers shooting during the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • People watching the Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
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  • Archers shooting during the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
    YABUSAME_TADO_5242.jpg
  • Preparing the traditional costumes and getting dressed for the Yabusame ritual in Tado shrine.
    YABUSAME_TADO_5022.jpg
  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara taking his price (white cloth) from shinto priests after the end of Yabusame ritual in Asakusa
    YABUSAME_ASAKUSA_1858.jpg
  • Hat and arrows used by Yabusame archers.
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  • Religious procession with portable shrines returning to the shrine, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • People dressed in traditional costumes carrying the bows and arrows of the Yabusame archers, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Religious procession with portable shrines, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Young girls that performe a relegious dance, siting in the inner yard of Hongu (the main shrine) on the 2nd day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura
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  • Shinto priests carrying seweed for the shrine after the morning purification in the sea of Kamakura, at 5 am on the first day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura. They later place it outside the shrine buildings for protection.
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  • Morning purification of Shinto prieasts in the sea, of Kamakura at 5 am on the first day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura
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  • Morning purification of Shinto prieasts in the sea, at 5 am on the first day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura
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  • Offerings to the goods and outdoors ceremony, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Young girls performe a relegious dance, during an outdoors ceremony on the 2nd day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura
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  • Religious procession with portable shrines, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
    HACHIMANGU_6343.jpg
  • Shinto priests collecting seweed for the shrine after the morning purification, at 5 am on the first day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura. They later place it outside the shrine buildings for protection.
    HACHIMANGU_5464.jpg
  • Kiyomoto Ogasawara taking care of a horse that is used in Yabusame.
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  • getting ready for the Yabusame ritual.
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  • Offerings to the goods and outdoors ceremony, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
    HACHIMANGU_6473.jpg
  • Religious procession with portable shrines, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
    HACHIMANGU_6383.jpg
  • Shinto priests climbing the stairs to the main shrine for the main ceremony, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Shinto priests carrying seweed for the shrine after the morning purification in the sea of Kamakura, at 5 am on the first day of the 3-day anual ritual of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura. They later place it outside the shrine buildings for protection.
    HACHIMANGU_5532.jpg
  • The main ceremony inside the main shrine, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • The head priest of the shrine riding one of the horses that will later be used for the Yabusame ritual, at the religious procession with portable shrines, during the second day of the 3-day anual festival of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura.
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  • Men guarding the Yabusame track dressed in traditional costumes, give the signal for the archer in the beginning of the track that it is all clear to start.
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  • Archer on a horse on his way to the Yabusame track in Asakusa
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  • Yabusame track in Asakusa. Archer returning to the beginning of the track after he finished his shooting on the three targets.
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  • The second archer dressed in Kamakura era clothes, walking through the suvenir area in front of the Senso-ji shrine in Asakusa, on his way to the location by the river where he will take part in Yabusame
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  • Traditional fun used by the first archer. He throus in towards the sky when he enters the Yabusame rute.
    YABUSAME_ASAKUSA_3057.jpg
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