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Viewing Mount Daimonji from Nijō Bridge, by Nomura Yoshimitsu, 1930
#Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e
Viewing Mount Daimonji from Nijō Bridge, by Nomura Yoshimitsu, 1930
June 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Grab your eggplants.

It's that most wonderful time of year again!🔥👻🙏👋

#Kyoto #大文字 #Daimonji #gozannookuribi #五山送り火 #🍆 #eggplant
Looking down Imadegawa Street to Daimonji. Preparing my eggplant for the lighting of Daimonji. My sliced eggplant, with a hole in the middle through which to view Daimonji. Viewing Daimonji through an eggplant is said to have curative benefits for the eyes (and good luck in general).
August 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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Woman in Front of Daimonji, by Minagawa Chieko, ca. 1955
#Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e
Woman in Front of Daimonji, by Minagawa Chieko, ca. 1955
February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Autumn Leaves at Daimonji Temple (2007)
by Tanaka Ryōhei
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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👋FAREWELL TO THE DEAD🔥

Obon draws to a close in Kyōto on August 16th. As darkness falls families say goodbye to the ancestral spirits for another year.

From 8pm fiery shapes appear on five of Kyōto's mountains...beacons guiding the dead back to the Netherworld.

#五山送り火 #Kyoto #GozannoOkuribi
Looking down Imadegawa Street towards Daimonji, the first of the Gozan-no-Okuribi to be lit. One of many sweets inspired by the shape of Daimonji (the first of the great bonfires to be lit on Kyoto's mountains). A light purple sweet (made from a soft mochi) branded with the image of Daimonji. A joyo manju sweet inspired by Daimonji (made from an orange jelly).
August 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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🔎ORIGINS OF THE OKURIBI🔥

Counted as 1 of Kyōto's 4 great celebrations, the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火) was originally called Shūkyō Gyōji or Oshorai-san (宗教行事 'the ritual' - おしょらい/おしょらいさん).

Many people incorrectly call the event Daimonji (大文字), the first and most famous of the Okuribi.

#五山送り火 #Obon
Woodblock print of Daimonji alight at night. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ Woodblock print of a procession passing over the Kamo River, with Daimonji in the background. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ Woodblock print of Daimonji above a misty Kyoto landscape. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/ Woodblock print of Daimonji at dusk. Image thanks - https://ukiyo-e.org/
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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The muscular Daimonji flexes his pecs to show how impervious they are in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi! episode 2 (2006)
January 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Daimonji Temple.
Ryohei Tanaka
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🔥'大'🔥

Daimonji (大文字) is first of the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火 the 'Send off Fires') to be lit, at 8pm on August 16th. It is by far the most famous, and oldest, of the current 5 Okuribi (送り火).

Daimonji sits on the upper slopes of Daimonji-yama (大文字山 aka Mt. Nyoigadake 如意ヶ嶽).
#Kyoto #京都 #大文字
Daimonji alight for the August 16th Gozan-no-Okuribi. A Daimonji inspired sweet (the shape of the bonfire stamped into the bean paste beneath a jelly exterior). The bald stretch of Daimonji atop Mt Nyoigadake. You can see people standing close to the centre of the shape. Climbing Mt Nyoigadake. You can see one of the fire pits that collectively make the giant shape on August 16th.
August 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Meet the bois (from left to right): Goro, Touzan, and Daimonji
art by @cyanroll.bsky.social
September 6, 2023 at 12:32 PM
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京都のお土産ペナント、五山の送り火 (大文字送り火)。
(2026年8月16日)

Four types of Kyoto souvenir pennants: Five Mountain Bonfires (the Daimonji Bonfire). August 16, 2026.
August 16, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Fu Takenaka - Seiwa-in Gate and Fire Display of Daimonji
#ShinHanga #Woodblock #Print #JapaneseArt #Ukiyo-e
August 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Tanaka Ryōhei (Japanese, 1933–2019)
"Autumn Leaves at Daimonji Temple", 2007.
Color Etching and Aquatint, 44 × 36 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #painters #BlueSkyArt
October 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Daimonji (大文字) is also known as 'Josei-gata' (女性型), which means 'feminine'.
Compared with the heavier strokes of Hidari Daimonji (左大文字 lit. 'Left Daimonji') to the north west of the city, Daimonji's slender strokes are considered more womanly and beautiful.

#Japan #Kyoto
August 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Daimonji's (大文字) horizontal stroke is 80m long, the left sweep 160m and the right sweep 120m.
The character '大' means large or great, though it is unclear what it symbolises.

A little before 8pm the first fire (of 75 in total) is lit at the Kanao (金尾), Daimonji's heart.
#Daimonji #大文字
Enjoying Daimonji from the rooftop of my friend's apartment. 'Okuribi', a sweet yokan in shades of oranges and peach, inspired by the Gozan-no-Okuribi. Mt Daimonji rising beyond cherry blossoms in springtime. Daimonji alight, as seen from Demachiyanagi.
August 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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On 16th August, at Obon's end, it is said that Kyōto's spirits gather at Daimonji (大文字) before traveling to read the sutra at 'Myō-Hō' (妙法 - inspired by the Lotus Sutra).

They then ride the Funagata (舟形 boat), guided by Hidari Daimonji (左大文字), back to the Netherworld via the Toriigata (鳥居形 gate).
Daimonji alight for August 16th. Myo-ho alight for August 16th. Funagata alight for August 16th. Hidari Daimonji alight for August 16th.
August 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Rowdyruff boys (6w6) #okegom
Anten, Daimonji and Maekami as the powerpuff girls. Characters belong to funamusea
December 27, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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Japanese bridge.
#pixelart
japanese woman wearing a kimono and holding an umbrella, walking across a bridge and looking at a mountain with the Daimonji bonfire being displayed.
August 27, 2023 at 10:31 PM
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Because of its shorter, heavier strokes, Hidari Daimonji (左大文字) is also known as 'Dansei-gata' (男性型), which means 'manly style'.
This perfectly complements Daimonji's (大文字) more slender and elegant strokes. Daimonji is known as 'Josei-gata' (女性型), 'feminine style'.
he Hidari Daimonji alight. Daimonji alight.
August 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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It's unclear what the character '大' represents.

As Kūkai is often credited as creator, many have suggested it signifies the Shingon doctrine of 'Sokushin Jōbutsu' (即身成仏 lit. 'Becoming a Buddha in This Life').
Alternatively it might symbolize the 5 elements, or a human figure.

#Daimonji #大文字
Standing at the centre point of Daimonji and looking down at Kyoto below. Kanao, the central fire pit of Daimonji. Looking down at the Kanao (central fire pit) and to Kyoto below. Daimonji, the mountain slopes vivid green in the summer.
August 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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むこうが大文字
Mount Daimonji as seen from a park in Shishigadani-area, Kyoto City.
August 16, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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Souvenir pennant in Japan, my collection.
"強羅" Gora, Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Gora is a tourist resort in Hakone famous for its hot springs. This is a night scene from the "Daimonji Yaki" memorial service.
Length 68.5cm （26.9in). This pennant was produced in 1972. #vintage
1, Pennant of Gora. It has a photograph printed on paper and decorated with yellow fringe. 2, The photo is a night view of Daimonji Yaki and fireworks. This is a scene from the "Daimonji Yaki" memorial service, in which bonfires are set up at night on the mountainside in the shape of a giant "dai" kanji character, more than 100 meters wide. It is usually held on August 16. 3, Enlargement of the photo. That's the night view of Daimonji Yaki and fireworks. 4, The title is in Japanese. The title is "Gora" (white) in Kanji Characters. The subtitle is "Hakone" (yellow) in Kanji and "NATIONAL PARK HAKONE" (yellow) in English. Commemorative date column on the right side of the flag, Showa 47 (1972).
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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🔥左大文字🔥

Hidari Daimonji is the 4th of the Gozan-no-Okuribi (五山送り火). It is lit at 8:15pm, the same time as the Funagata.

The Okuribi is named 'Left Daimonji' (左大文字) because it stands on the left side (west) of the imperial palace when viewed from above.

#Obon #お盆
The Hidari Daimonji Gozan-no-Okuribi alight on August 16th. Hidari Daimonji during the summer, the shape clearly visible amongst the lush vegetation. Hidari Daimonji, rising above the car park at Kinkaku-ji. The distant orange Hidari Daimonji.
August 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Daimonji Yaki - or Daimonji Gozan Okuribi is a festival that forms part of the Obon celebrations in Kyoto. ✨️ Huge bonfires are set on five mountains in Kyoto in the shape of Chinese characters and other symbols to help guide our ancestors back to the spiritual world after Obon. 🔥
April 7, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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🔥Superstition 3:

To this day people rise early on the morning of the 17th August to collect charcoal from the now cooled Okuribi bonfires on the mountainsides.
This is brought back home and talismans created to protect the home against evil, theft and other dangers.
#Daimonji
Daimonji. You can see hikers gathered on horizontal stroke. Some of the 'hidoko' (stands that the bonfires sit upon) that make up Daimonji. Charcoal. Some of the 'hidoko' (stands that the bonfires sit upon) that make up Daimonji.
August 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM