White Heron Dance Editorial Photo

A ritual dance known as white heron dance (Shirasagi no mai) performed at Sensoji, Asakusa, Tokyo, by women in white heron dresses. The performance is composed of three warriors, one pole carrier, one feeder, one parasol carrier, eight white herons, nineteen musicians, guardian children and others, dressed in the traditional attire of the Heian period (the late 8th to the late 12th century) and the costume that represents white herons.