The sons of Eboshi

Description

Four young men take part in traditional coming-of-age Eboshi-Gi rites in Shizuhara, a village in Japan's Kyoto province. The Shinto ceremony of Samurai orgin marks the young men's passage into adulthood and initiates them into the local youth association.Families prepare for the Eboshi-Gi with extravagent banqueting and the young men practice the recitation of verses and gather symbolic decorations. The film documents the deep respect for tradition still held in this area of modern Japan.

Runtime

81 min

Subjects

Geography

Date of Publication

c2007

Database

Alexander Street

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