Black robe, white mist
 
Rengetsu is one of the historical figures featured in Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri, Festival of the Ages parade. In the Jidai Matsuri, held annually on October 22, participants dress as important people of the city’s past.

 

Otagaki Rengetsu in Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri.
Photograph Robert Bell, 2006

Rengetsu is one of the historical figures featured in Kyoto’s Jidai Matsuri, Festival of the Ages parade. In the Jidai Matsuri, held annually on October 22, participants dress as important people of the city’s past.