The early morning of the Gion festival

I I get ready for the parade early in the morning, and long 1st of the festival begins.

2007 Kakkyo-Yama parade

2007 The Gionmaturi Kakkyo-Yama Parade

The Gionmaturi Kakkyo-Yama parade of 2007 years became the cruise that we rode a repaired doll and was over safely without the rain falling in spite of being cloudy sky.

1993 Gionmaturi Kakkyo-Yama

The Gion festival parade of 1993 was occasionally rainy weather by cloudy sky. The cruise advances with a ceremony of the worship as God of ceremony and Yasaka-jinja Shrine checking the turn of the parade. The musical accompaniment of the Shijo Kasa-Hoko for a festival is seen, too.

Figures 「御人形」

郭巨山には、二体の御人形が祀られており、一体は後漢の郭巨で、もう一体童子で郭巨の子供である。
現在の御神体は、天明の大火（天明８年・１７８８年）で消失した後の、寛政元年（１７８９～１７９０年）に再興しました。
２００７年に、２００年余りの傷みの補修を行い宵山の披露の後に、巡行に参加しました。

In Kakkyo-Yama(郭巨山), two figures are worshiped, and on earth on earth it is already a child of Kakkyo(郭巨) with an apprentice to a priest in Kakkyo(郭巨) of back Han. The current object of worship revived to (1789-1790 years) in the generous politics first year after having disappeared by a big fire (Tenmei era eight years .1788 year) of the dawn. In 2007, I repaired the hurt of more than 200 years and, after the announcement of the eve, participated in a cruise.

Gionmaturi Eve Kakkyo-Yama

郭巨山「金の釜」

郭巨山の金の釜は、明治２２年の新調で木製総金箔塗り。
郭巨山では、山祠の中央に飾り巡行しております。
郭巨説話には、「釜」の表現には、諸説あり釜は貨幣の単位、釜の中に黄金が入っていた、黄金の釜であったの説があります。
説話の表現によりますと、前漢の劉向孝子伝図には「金一釜」の単位説。１３４６年の孝行録には「黄金・金満釜」の釜の中に黄金説。１２Ｃの今昔物語集には「黄金ノ釜」の黄金の釜説等々です。
郭巨山は、古くは「釜堀山」の俗名で有名でした。

Kakkyo-Yama gold kettle, Meiji have made in 22 years of total gold-painted wood. Kakkyo-Yama in the floats ornament in the center of the parade. Kakkyo legend, "kettle" representation of the various theories of monetary unit is a kettle and the kettle is in the gold was in the theory of the Golden Kettle. Depending on the representation and narrative, the Western Han Mukai Ryuu Tsutae Takako figure is "a kettle Friday" theory of the unit. Is devoted to the 1346 book "The Golden Kettle Minoru Kon" golden kettle in theory. 12C struck by the story of the collection, "Roh golden kettle" golden etc. cooker theory. Kakkyo-Yama the old "Kama-Hori-Yama" common name famous.

祇園祭「郭巨山」 Kakkyo-Yama

"Kakkyo-yama Gionmaturi at kyoto Japan" On this floot there is a figure of "kakkyo", a poor Chinese who lived in the third centhury. He was about to burry his son alive so his son's share of food could be given to Kakkyo's very old mother. When he was digging in the ground, he found a potful of gold coins which saved his son's life and mode his whole family rich. The two figures on this floot are Kakkyo and his son who stand happily with a pot of gold coins between then.


中国史話２４孝の一人で、後漢の人「郭巨」釜堀の故事にちなんで造られる。
郭巨は家貧しく、年老いた母が郭巨の息子に食べ物を全て与えてしまい、このままでは母の命も危うい。郭巨は妻と相談し、子供は再び得られるが、母は得ることが出来ないと、子供を地中に埋めようと穴を掘り始めたが、地中より金の釜を見つけた。
「天賜孝子郭巨、官不得奪、人不得取」の札があり、郭巨は母に孝養をつくした。
京都祇園祭「郭巨山」は、郭巨とその子供を金の釜を中心に飾り巡行しています。