Bonbori (雪洞, pronounced ボンボリ) is a Japanese paper lantern. In early August each year, bonbori lanterns are lit in the sacred precincts of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in central Kamakura city. Other cities around Japan have similar lantern festivals. In Kamakura, lanterns are submitted by many artists, novelists and famous people. Roughly 400 bonbori with hand-drawn pictures, calligraphy, and poems are displayed in the shrine's precincts during the festival. Today, bonbori lanterns are illuminated from within with electric bulbs, but in earlier times, oil or candles furnished the lighting. The Kamakura Bonbori Festival began in 1939. Historically, bonbori lanterns were portable and distinctively hexagonal in shape, with wood or metal frames covered with paper (or glass in later years). They generally have poles attached horizontally to the frame for ease of transport. Click any image below to begin the slideshow. Most images are followed by a photo of the pole displaying the name of the artist. Gold-colored photos were taken without flash. The others with flash.
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