Location: Kurisawa, Chokai-machi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine Date(s): February 10 and August 16 (no longer practiced at the time of survey in fiscal year 2011) Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura Ōkurisawa Kagura Shishi is also called Daidai Kagura and is one of many variants of Ise Dai-Kagura and is …
Location: Kasuge, Fujisato Town Site(s) of performance: Former Yoneda Elementary School Date(s): Sunday in mid-September Category: Show (Misemono) and Music Entertainment Nejō Zumō (Sumo of Nejō) has been practiced by the youth of the Kasuge District as a prayer for good harvests. In the old days, it was held on the full moon day of …
Location: Sumomotai, Kita-Akita City Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): August 13 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance The Sumomotai Horse Dance was derived from Jōshū-Kudaru Lion Dance of Dōji (Noshiro City) in the 17th century. It is practiced here only at Obon in mid-August to appease …
Location: Iwase-Daino, Odate City Site(s) of performance: Inari Shrine Date(s): January 1 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Daino Bangaku is performed as an offering at Inari Shrine, the main shrine of the community, on the first day of January. It is said to have started in the Edo era when …
Location: Kurobuchi, Higashiyuri-machi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Gokoku Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): August 13 and September 1 (the dates of performance had become irregular by the time of the survey conducted in fiscal year 2020.) Category: Shishimai and Bangaku This shishimai (lion dance) of Mugurazawa was practiced by the local …
Location: Niageba, Futatsui-machi, Noshiro City Site(s) of performance: Bairinji Temple, Ukishima Shrine, and other places in the community Date(s): August 13 and 14 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance The Niageba Bon Dance was brought from Hitachi-Ōta (present-day Ibaraki Prefecture) to Akita with the assignment of Lord Satake and his …
Location: Kogake, Futatsui Town Site(s) of performance: In an open space in the community Date(s): August 13, 14, and 20 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance Even though it is called a sasara dance as a whole, the Kogake Sasara Dance includes not only sasara (lion dance) but also a …
Location: Nishikigi, Towada, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Inari Shrine Date(s): August 7 and 14 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi This is an ōdaiko (big drum) performance presented at the Suzukizuka Festival and Obon Festival. The drummer holds a big drum with a strap and beats it with a stick in each hand. Usually an assistant …
Nishikigi-Furukawa Ōdaiko (Nishikigi-Furukawa Big Drums) Read More »
Location: Hachimantai, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Ōhirumemuchi Shrine Date(s): A day in December (depending on the community) and January 2 Designation: State-Designated Important Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property, UNESCO list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Category: Bugaku This is a dance of Ennen delivered on January 2 at Ōhirumemuchi Shrine (alias Dainichidō) in …
Site(s) of performance: Kumano Shrine and Sakanoshita Bangaku Center Date(s): January 23 (opening day), April 14 (Kumano Shrine Spring Festival), August 13 and 14, and December 12 (closing day) Designation: Prefecture-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The shishimai (lion dance) at Sakanoshita belongs to the school of Honkai Shishimai. As Sakanoshita Bangaku, …
Sakanoshita BangakuLocation:Sakanoshita, Yashima-machi, Yurihonjo City Read More »