Jomyo Yama (浄妙山) thumbs-up

Posted by MShades (Kyoto, Japan) on 13 September 2008 in People & Portrait.

Very heavy foreign contingent amongst the bearers....

Jyomyo Yama is the second of the Matrix Floats, this time showing a battle between two warrior-monks, Ichirai Hoshi and Jyomyou, on the Uji Bridge. It's very delicately balanced and looks like Ichirai Hoshi is in the middle of jumping over Jyomyou's head, and therefore is another crowd favorite. The armor on Jyomyou is very old, dating back nearly 500 years.