The figures on this float depict a very famous story in Japanese history. Benkei, a monk-warrior in the armor, and Ushiwakamaru, a young boy in dress, has a fight on the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto, and Ushiwakamaru won, despite the fact that Benkei was a very powerful warrior, who had never been defeated by anyone before.
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