A Tezutsu-shu – a traditional manually held fireworks interpreter – holds a tezutsu hanabi (which is a handcrafted bamboo tube loaded with gunpowder that bursts into an imposing column of sparks and flames) during the Tatebayashi Fire Festival Manuals in Gunma Prefecture. Originally from today’s Aichi prefecture more than 450 years ago, tezutsu hanabi traditionally offered themselves in Shinto shrines as part of prayers for good harvests, health…
A Tezutsu-shu – a traditional manually held fireworks interpreter – holds a tezutsu hanabi (which is a handcrafted bamboo tube loaded with gunpowder that bursts into an imposing column of sparks and flames) during the Tatebayashi Fire Festival Manuals in Gunma Prefecture. Originally from today’s Aichi prefecture more than 450 years ago, tezutsu hanabi traditionally offered themselves in Shinto shrines as part of prayers for good harvests, health…