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STFB Parade Float by SoTxFoodBank

STFB float

Carol standing next to Yellow Cab Pizza float by Thomas Quinn

Yellow Cab Pizza is a popular pizza company in the Philippines that markets itself as a western (New York) pizzaria.

Float Puller by Jim Marx

'Floats' by Chihuly, Kew Gardens by Ruth Hartnup

floater-man by mr.yunis

A vector illustration of one of the hair men

Floats_2010-03 by John Mantzefield

Nikon D700 with MB-D10 Battery Pack and Lensbaby Composer (Double Glass Optic) - RAW processed in LIghtroom3 - final manipulations in Photoshop CS5 - color effects with Topaz Adjust.

floater by Rick Onorato

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Burnham on Sea Carnival 2016 by only ian

scraped

Floating by rebelwolf66

float boat 698 by Mr K 2112

Float Tank Gap 009 by float_pix

Float trip 2012 by Angela Reed

Huzzah River float trip with the Reed Family

Goa Carnival 2019 - Panaji Floats by joegoauk16

Panaji Floats parade on 2.3.2019 at Miramar - Dona Paula Road

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float_16 by Oscar Alvarez-Salazar

Elise at the parade 01/02/2006

Rafting the Kenai River by Lance Hankins

Float trip on the upper Kenai

Floaters ll by prima seadiva

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In a flat tank of chalky looking liquid

Floats by Gail Dowle

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More floats found near Aldeburgh. Lots of fishing stuff around here. These floats looked well used.

Festival Float by B

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From the exhibition

Japan's Festival Floats

(20 April – July 2023)

For centuries, holidays in Japan have centred on spectacular local festivals.

In towns and cities across the country, people take to the streets to celebrate their neighbourhood's shrine with costumes, dancing, singing and a procession of incredible floats.

This beautifully crafted model of a festival float, set on a wheeled carriage, was donated to the British Museum by the art dealership Yamanaka & Co. in 1908, to mark the Olympic Games in London. However, its story, and even country of origin, remained unclear until investigations which took place during the pandemic.

Recent research through conversations with Japanese researchers has revealed that this float takes the form of the 'state barge' (gozabune), which was the marine transport used by the shogun (hereditary military leaders). The float bears three banners with the crest of the ruling Tokugawa house.

The model was possibly created by Murakami Tetsudō (1867–1919), a woodworker known for elaborate carvings on festival floats depicting mythological subjects. Working for Yamanaka at their factory in Osaka, Tetsudō led the field in producing Western-style furniture with 'Japoniste' carved ornamentation of dragons, phoenixes, chrysanthemums, turtles and fish.

The festival float was probably also made at the factory but, in stark contrast, represents a revival of more traditional forms and customs and came to represent ‘old Japan’.

Japan's longstanding custom of staging local festivals is well documented in paintings, prints and books. The display also featured some of the objects from the British Museum collection that record and celebrate this history.

[*British Museum]

Taken in the British Museum

Float Trip by Billy Schmidt