kyotodreamtrips: Here are several pair of asagutsu shoes (浅靴), nicely lined up, worn by Shinto pries
kyotodreamtrips: Here are several pair of asagutsu shoes (浅靴), nicely lined up, worn by Shinto priests. I took the picture during the Yoi-yoiYama matsuri at the Yasaka shrine. A sagutsu, are kind of shoe worn by nobles in ancient times, and by Shinto priests during the performance of certain religious ceremonies today. Asagutsu, have been made of hollowed paulownia wood finished in black lacquer since the Heian period (794 to 1185 A.D). -- source link
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