# Tsurumeso at the Gion Festival

- By: Nakajima Kahô (1866–1939)
- Date: 1926
- Medium: paper, wood (plant material), gold (metal), mother of pearl
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 117.5 cm x width 52.3 cm
- Credit line: Gift of J.P. Filedt Kok, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-RAK-2015-2-6--483baab548ee1b30692a7259992f4c69)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/94ebfee1a27589ccfd639310215ed112.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Tsurumeso were craftsmen from Kyoto who made sandals and strings for bows from hemp fibres. They were affiliated with the Gion Shrine and during the grand Gion festival they purified the path. They wear masks, and the two crests (mon) of the temple are visible on their chest and the banner on their back.