"Kakkyo-yama Gionmaturi at kyoto Japan" On this float
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 float are Kakkyo and his son who stand happily with a pot of
gold coins between then.
２００７年 祇園祭「宵山」の郭巨山 "The
Eve" of Gion-Matsuri Kakkyo-Yama
