saio-dai (imperial princess stand-in)

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The saio-dai is a young unmarried woman chosen to represent an imperial princess in the Aoi Matsuri procession, dressed in elaborate Heian-period court robes and serving as the festival’s central ceremonial figure.


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Aoi Matsuri
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