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[Section V: Kagura Costumes]






Costume worn by a god embroidered with the rising sun and turtle

Yoten, a demon's costume



Yoten, a demon's costume

Yoten, a demon's costume



Suikan, a god's costume


Suikan, a type of kimono similar to what officials during the Heian Period normally wore. Each sleeve has two seems, and the front of the kimono is tied together with strings under the chin and at the back of the neck; a god's costume






Embroidery of a turtle on a god's costume

Shitatare, outfit first worn by military families during the Kamakura Period. It was usually worn with hakama and eboshi. There were no fixed colors or designs; a god's costume.

Yoten, a demon's costume


Suikan, a god's costume


NPO Hiroshima kagura Art Laboratory