White Horses procession at the Imperial Palace
· Heian Palace, Heian-kyō (Kyoto), Japan
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (released into the public domain by its author) · file Shōnagon recalled travelling by carriage to the Imperial Palace on the seventh day of the first month to watch the White Horses procession, an imperial New Year observance. The source dates the recollection approximately to 986; the seventh day is in the Japanese first month, not converted to a Gregorian date.
