Location: Maego, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Hie Shrine Kagura Hall and Ōhirume Shrine Date(s): September 7 and 8 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura Maegō is where Takizawa Castle stood in the 17th century and was the center of former Yuri Town. The kagura of Maegō belongs to the school of Ise …
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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: Ishiwaki, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Shinzan Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): May 2 and 3 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura Ishiwaki Kagura is a kind of Ise Dai-Kagura. It has 5 dance numbers. In the Shihō-Gatame dance, the dancer purifies the evil spirits in the four directions …
Location: Naka-Yokomachi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Shinmei Shrine, Hachiman Shrine, and other places in the community Date(s): Sunday before Elderly Day (3rd Monday of September, the day of the annual festival of Hachiman Shrine) Category: Dai-Kagura The principal shrine of this community is Shinmeisha Shrine, devoted to the Sun God (Amaterasu). As Shinmeisha Shrine …
Location: Yawata, Yuzawa City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): 2nd Saturday and Sunday of September Category: Dai-Kagura According to a local elderly who is well versed in local history, when General Tamura visited this village during his northern campaign, he had an auspicious dream of the god Hachiman. …
Location: Kemanai, Towda, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: Gassan Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): July 12 and 13 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura The dai-kagura performed at the annual festival of Gassan Shrine is a kind of shishimai (lion dance), and is considered to be one of variants of …
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: Kataho, Nishime, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): April 14 and 15 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Dai-Kagura According to one theory, a kagura dancer was invited here in 1781 and taught villagers how to dance, but according to another theory, villagers from Kataho …