Japanese Postcard Gion Festival C1930 Funehoko Vtg Showa Matsuri Color PC159 Ceramic Item weight: 962 grams

Item weight:  962 grams

A wooden peacock figurine

Sticker on the handle 常造

are nowadays used by referees in sumo wrestling

known as the God of Sweets or the God of Citrus

Japanese Postcard Gion Festival C1930 Funehoko Vtg Showa Matsuri Color PC159 Ceramic Item weight: 962 gramsVintage Japanese Postcard This vintage Japanese colorized postcard features a photograph of a matsuri float from the Kyoto Gion Festival. This particular float (or dashi in Japanese) is called Funahoko. The float is shaped like a boat, with a phoenix at the front and a shrine inside. Green, red, blue, yellow, brown, black, white Paper C1930 Characters: Kyoto Gion Festival Funahoko Item weight: 5 grams Packed weight: 150 grams Approx. 14. 1 cm tall x 9