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    35°00′13″N 135°46′30″E / 35.003496°N 135.775051°E / 35.003496; 135.775051 Gion (祇園) is a district of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, originating as an entertainment...
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    A Geisha or Gion Festival Music (祇園囃子, Gion Bayashi) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war...
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    上願寺 (Tendai Jimon-shū Jōgan-ji). 20 July 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-08. "祇園牛頭天王荒魂図". 祇園信仰研究会. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-08. "本物に触れ地域学ぶ<京都府立山城郷土資料館>"...
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  • Gionbō (祇園坊 or ぎおんぼう) is a wagashi (Japanese sweet). It resembles a dried persimmon, and is now made by filling gyūhi (a soft form of mochi) with bean...
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    Gion worship (祇園信仰, Gion shinkō) is a Shinto cult. Originally it revolved solely around Gozu Tenno, but during the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism of...
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    Sisters of the Gion (Japanese: 祇園の姉妹, Hepburn: Gion no kyōdai) or Sisters of Gion is a 1936 black and white Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi...
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    Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), once called Gion Shrine (祇園神社, Gion-jinja), is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto, Japan. Situated at the...
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    Gion-Shijō Station (祇園四条駅) is a railway station on the Keihan Main Line in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Keihan...
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    Airs has its headquarters in the Fukuoka Gion Daiichi Seimei Building (福岡祇園第一生命ビル Fukuoka Gion Daiichi Seimei Biru) in Hakata-ku. Cisco has an Asia-Pacific...
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    to Tourists." Yomiuri Shimbun [Tokyo] 30 Jan. 2006: . 祇園一力亭 (Gion Ichiriki-tei) (in Japanese) 祇園一力亭 (Gion Ichiriki-tei – article shows pictures of interior...
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    919 "モルガンお雪 明治一四、昭和三八二八八一〜一九六三)アメリカの財閥ジョージ・デニソン・モルガン夫人。本名加藤ユキ。「胡弓の雪香」といわれた祇園の芸妓。来日したモルガンに四万円の高額で落籍され、玉の輿にのった国際結婚ロマンスで評判になつた" Look Japan 18-429 1991 p44...
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    Ichidai Onna (西鶴一代女)) (1952)—Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi A Geisha (Gion bayashi (祇園囃子)) (1953)—Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)—Dir...
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    component shrines Watasu Shrine (渡守神社, Watasu Jinja) and Tomo Gion Shrine (鞆祇園宮, Tomo Gion-gu) which were merged together due to the Shrine Consolidation...
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    Gion Station (祇園駅, Gion-eki) is a train station located in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka in Japan. Its station symbol is a young male dressed in happi, representing...
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  • Belly Warmer, while Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! save data grants the Gion Bell (祇園の鈴 (Gion no Suzu)) and Yakuza 4 data awards the Sugar Daddy Amulet (札束のお守)...
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    she was kind to us in all sort of ways". The reading of 治郎右衛門 is ambiguous. 祇園一力亭 (Gion Ichiriki-tei) (in Japanese) "Kanadehon". Columbia University. ""Ichiriki...
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    Library. Soka Gakkai. Retrieved 24 August 2021. Muller, Charles (2010). "祇園精舍". Digital Dictionary of Buddhism. Retrieved 24 August 2021. von Schroeder...
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    Yamagasa (festival) (in English), and the (in Japanese) version: 戸畑祇園山笠 / 戸畑祇園大山笠. Japan National Tourism Organization. Accessed 15 July 2009. "Tobata Gion...
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  • April Kamogawa Odori (鴨川をどり) – Pontochō (since 1872), most of May Gion Odori (祇園をどり) – Gion Higashi, early November The district of Shimabara previously produced...
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    Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹, Gion no kyōdai) is a 1956 black and white Japanese film drama directed by Hiromasa Nomura. The film is remake of the 1936 film...
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    Kaji (祇園梶 or 祇園梶子, fl. early 18th century), also known as Kajijo, Gion Kaji, Gion Kajiko, and Kaji of Gion, was a Japanese waka poet and calligrapher...
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    Wataridori 1956 The Renyasai Yagyu Hidden Story 1956 Sisters of the Gion 祇園の姉妹 Gion no shimai 1956 まらそん侍 Marason zamurai 1956 Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi...
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  • Byōbu 大原御幸図屏風 (Emperor's Visit to Ohara), Tokyo National Museum Gion E-zu 祇園会図 (Gion Festival), Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art Tōhaku intended Kyūzō...
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  • (ja:命つないで) (1996) – Yuka Asakura Kyōtogion-iri muko keiji jiken-bo (ja:京都祇園入り婿刑事事件簿) series (1997-2005) – Saeko Mimura – 12 episodes Nagoya yomeiri monogatari...
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  • and TMS Entertainment aired from October 2016 to March 2017. Kenji Gion (祇園 健次, Gion Kenji) Voiced by: Shōya Chiba (Japanese); Stephen Sanders (English)...
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    by volunteers. These floats can also be seen at the Gion Yamaboko Hall (日田祇園山鉾会館) in Kuma-machi throughout the year. Sen-nen Akari Bamboo Light Festival...
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  • Nonomiya-jingū). Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社, Yasaka-jinja), formerly known as Gion Shrine (祇園社, Gionsha). Yoshida Shrine (吉田神社, Yoshida-jinja). Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社, Toyokuni-jinja)...
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    The theme of impermanence (mujō) is captured in the famous opening passage: 祇園精舎の鐘の聲、諸行無常の響き有り。 沙羅雙樹の花の色、盛者必衰の理を顯す。 驕れる者も久しからず、唯春の夜の夢の如し。 猛き者も遂には滅びぬ、偏に風の前の塵に同じ。...
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    七条 S S S S S S S ▲ KH38 Kiyomizu-Gojō 清水五条 S S S | ↑ | | | KH39 Gion-Shijō 祇園四条 S S S S S S S ▲ Hankyu Kyoto Main Line (Kyoto-kawaramachi) KH40 Sanjō (M)...
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    as the "Oyama clan castle ruins". The castle is also known as Gion Castle (祇園城, Gion-jō) Oyama Castle was built by Oyama Masamitsu in 1148. The Oyama clan...
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