Meaning of these characters

[sudarshanmakoto]

What is the meaning of this word 菊水鉾? exact meaning
菊 chrysanthemum
水 water
鉾 -float

Chrysanthemum which floats in water?

 

[Glenn]

It's not that kind of "float". Have you tried searching?

Google
菊水鉾 - Google 検索

菊水 (kikusui) is the name of the 鉾 (hoko). See also 菊水鉾.

 

[Glenski]

Those 3 kanji put together are meaningless. What exactly are you trying to say/write?

 

[Glenn]

It means （きくすいほこ，きくすいぼこ） of 室町通四条上ル (from the link above), which is a float in the 祇園祭山鉾巡行 (Gion Festival Parade). Here's an explanation (from the same link):

町内の金剛能楽堂にある菊水井（きくすいい）という井戸にちなんで名付けられた。謡曲「枕慈童」に取材し，魏の文帝の勅使が薬水を訪ねて山に入った時に出会った，甘菊の葉に滴った露を飲んで七百年生き続けている少年，枕慈童（じどう）が稚児人形。能装束の舞姿が象られている。
元治元(1864)年に消失したが，1952年に88年ぶりに再興され，以降，年々装飾品を充実させている。鉾頭に天向きの金色の透かし彫の十六菊をつけ，唐破風造りの屋根に海老名峰彰作の鳳凰の懸魚を飾り，軒下に翠簾（すいれん）を掲げているのが特徴。
飛鶴図の前懸，唐獅子図の胴懸，孔雀図の見送は皆川月華作。

 

[tokyofarang]

It is called Kikusuibokou -

The idea for this hoko comes from a Noh chant, Kikujido ('The Boy with Chrysanthemums'). Once, an imperial envoy for Emperor Han Wendi of Wei went deep into the woods to get medicine, where they met a boy. The boy said he had been forced to leave the city 700 years ago after accidentally stepping over the Emperor's pillow. Since then, he had written down verses of Lotus Sutra on chrysanthemum leaves, and after drinking dew from these leaves, had gained eternal life. The boy gave this special water to the imperial envoy. This hoko was reconstructed in 1953. On top of the hoko are sixteen chrysanthemums facing the heavens, and a plaque displaying the words Kiku-Sui (Chrysanthemum Water) engraved upon it.