Title Hayaumamachi's Yatai (Hassaku Festival Float)

  • Yamanashi
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Annual Events
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign App, QR code, etc.
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
Tsuru Farm Stay Promotion Council
Associated Address:
1-1-1 Kamiya, Tsuru-shi , Yamanashi

早馬町屋台(八朔屋台)


この巨大な木製の屋台は、毎年9月に開催される八朔祭で使用される、都留の伝統的な曳山(屋台)の1台です。祭りの間、市民は屋台を手で引いて町中を練り歩き、みこしに乗った人々が音楽や踊りを披露します。市の各地区にそれぞれ屋台があり、最も美しい装飾や素晴らしい芸を競います。これらの屋台は、約2世紀前の高価な羅紗やビロードで作られた、見事な幕がひときわ目を引きます。浮世絵画家の葛飾北斎(1760~1849)のような、当時最も有名な芸術家による絵が特徴です。


この屋台は、早馬町が所有しています。作られた正確な時期は不明ですが、19世紀初頭にさかのぼります。1920年代後半まで使われていましたが、解体し、保存されました。半世紀後、早馬町の人々は、手で丁寧に再現し、1989年の八朔祭で再び使い始めました。屋台の後方に張られた後幕は、「牧童牛の背に笛を吹く」と題し、北斎の筆によるとされています。みこしが動いているときは、柳の枝の絵も動き、まるで葉に風が吹いているかのように見せながら、笛の音を運んでいきます。

Hayaumamachi's Yatai (Hassaku Festival Float)


This large wooden cart is one of Tsuru’s yatai, which are traditional parade floats. It is used during the annual Hassaku Festival held on September 1st. During the festival, the people of Tsuru pull these floats through the town by hand while those riding inside perform music and dance. Each of the city’s districts has their own yatai, and they all compete to have the most beautiful decorations and the best performances. These yatai are noteworthy for their spectacular decorative curtains made roughly two centuries ago from expensive felt and velvet. The curtains feature images produced by the most famous artists of their time, such as the ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai (c. 1760–1849).


This float belongs to the Hayaumamachi district and dates back to the early nineteenth century, though the exact date of construction is unknown. It was used until the late 1920s, when it was disassembled and put into storage. Half a century later the people of Hayaumamachi lovingly restored it by hand. It came back into use for the Hassaku Festival in 1989. This curtain, hung across the sides and the back of the float, is entitled “Herdsman Playing Flute Astride a Cow” and is attributed to Hokusai. When the cart is in motion, the design of willow branches moves and creates the illusion of wind blowing through the leaves, carrying with it the sound of the flute.

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