Woman in dance costumes

写真館にて奉祝踊姿の女性2人を記念撮影する｡長襦袢を幾重にもはおり､首に手拭いを巻き､編笠､｢奉祝房｣と記された小型の提灯などを手に持つ｡奉祝踊とは大正4年(1915)11月の大正天皇即位大礼時に京都市民が起こした祝賀行動である｡阿波踊の恰好とリズムで｢エライヤッチャ､バンザイ｣と毎晩市内を行進し､町ごとに衣装の生地､染め､ガラの粋を競ったと言われる｡Two women in Hoshuku Dance costume pose in a photograph studio. They wear a multilayer "nagajuban" and hand towels around their necks, and holds bamboo hats and small lanterns. A celebratory dance, Hoshuku Odori was performed by the citizens of Kyoto at the accession of Emperor Taisho in November 1915. It is said that people participated in gala parades and neighbourhoods competed for the most fashionable costumes, fabrics, and patterns