Location: Tateishi, Yashima-machi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Hoshinomiya Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): April 16 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura The origin of this kagura is unclear, but on the inside of the drum used for it, we find the dates of 1789 and 1826. The date of …
Location: Fushimi, Chokai-machi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Taiheizan Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): January 20, August 13 and 14, and early November Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura While an overwhelming majority of bangaku in this area belong to the school of Honkai Bangaku, Fushimi Kagura belongs to the …
Location: Sugoda, Tateai, Higashiyuri-machi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine and the community hall Date(s): Sunday closest to September 15 Category: Dai-Kagura Sugōda Kagura is a daidai-kagura of two lion dances: namely, the Shihō-Gatame Dance and the Six-Three Dance. The Shihō-Gatame Dance is a dance of exorcism performed by a lion dancer holding an …
Location: Iwaki-Tomita, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Gassan Shrine, the house in charge of the festival, and the other places in the community Date(s): 4th Saturday and Sunday of April Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The Gassan Shrine Lion Dance (also known as Tomita Lion Dance) is performed in the …
Location: Noda, Taihei-Yamaya, Akita City Site(s) of performance: Anywhere Date(s): Anytime Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The bangaku mask of Yamaya Bangaku is itself a sacred object enshrined at Ikimen Shrine. The mask (which is a city-designated tangible cultural property) is believed to date from the Kamakura era (13th to …
Location: Toshi, Nikaho City Site(s) of performance: Toshi Community Center, the Miura family’s residence, and other places in the community Date(s): August 13, 14, and 19 Designation: Prefecture-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku This bangaku belongs to the Honkai School of bangaku, the shugen ascetics’ bangaku which is practiced in many communities …
Location: Kotaki, Nikaho City Site(s) of performance: Kinpō Shrine Date(s): 2nd Saturday of June (day of Kinpō Shrine’s annual festival) Designation: State-Designated Important Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Ennen The government designated Kotaki-Choukurairo Dance an important intangible cultural property in 2004. It is a dance of Ennen, performed every year at the annual festival of …
Location: Kotaki, Kisakata-machi, Nikaho City Site(s) of performance: Kinpō Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): 2nd Saturday of June (the day of Kinpō Shrine’s annual festival) Category: Shishi-Kagura At Kotaki, the lion head for shishimai (lion dance) is called gohōtō (noble treasure head). It is a Twelve-Number Lion Dance (also called the ‘Noble …
Location: Kawamae, Mutsuai, Jumonji-machi, Yokote City Site(s) of performance: Gion Shrine, Eisenji Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): August 14 and 15 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi In 1828, the village purchased a mikoshi (divine palanquin) in Kyoto. The villagers who went to Kyoto to bring the mikoshi …
Location: Akinomiya, Yuzawa City Site(s) of performance: Yakunai Hall and other places in the community Date(s): Saturday and Sunday closest to the 210th day from the First Spring Day (around September 1) and Sunday in early November Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Yakunai Bangaku is a bangaku for the annual …