Costume for merchant's wife renewed for Kyoto festival

Costume for merchant's wife renewed for Kyoto festival

A woman (R) strikes a pose at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2015, clad in a new kimono for the wife of Nakamura Kuranosuke, a powerful Kyoto merchant in the feudal Edo period, to be worn during the ancient city's annual "Jidai Matsuri" (Festival of the Ages) parade scheduled for Oct. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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