Location: Nankata, Omonogawa-machi, Yokote City Site(s) of performance: Inari Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): the Saturday, Sunday, or holiday closest to July 16 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi This is a folkloric performance art of dance music for the Kashima-Okuri rituals, which is organized by a special organization called Nenban, an Inari Shrine’s …
Location: Hanekawa, Shimohama, Akita City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): 3rd Sunday of September Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The community of Hanekawa, in the Shimohama area in Akita City, is a very old community. In the middle ages, it was governed by …
Location: Niiseki, Sagae, Jumonji-machi, Yokote City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine Date(s): April 24 and 25 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Niiseki Children’s Kagura, despite the name, consists only of music, without song or dance. It is performed as an offering at the annual festival of Hachiman Shrine. It is performed only by children (elementary school …
Location: Koirikawa, Hachimori, Happo Town Site(s) of performance: Koirikawa Community Meeting Center and other places in the community Date(s): 1st or 2nd Sunday of June Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The Matsuri-Bayashi is performed at the folkloric ritual of Kashima Festival, which is practiced here after the rice-planting. A yatai float, Kashima-Fune, with a doll on …
Location: Kawashiri-Uenomachi, Akita City Site(s) of performance: Chinpō Shrine, Kimoirimachi Hall, and other places in the community Date(s): 3rd Sunday of June Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The Kashima Festival is a folkloric ritual that was practiced after the rice-planting season in five communities in the Kawajiri area. Kashima Bayashi …
Location: Narayama-Nobori-machi, Akita City Site(s) of performance: Kashima Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): 1st Sunday of July Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The Kashima Festival of Narayama was traditionally held on May 23 in the lunar calendar, but the date has been adjusted to the modern calendar …
Location: Hyakumangari-Ochiai, Yokote City Site(s) of performance: Various Locations in the community Date(s): 2nd Saturday of July Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Dance and music are performed at a folkloric ritual of Kashima-Nagashi. A small boat is made and pulled around the community in the evening. Small Kashima dolls made …
Location: A district in Odate City (Omachi District in 2011) Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): September 10 and 11 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi Ōdate Bayashi is a parade of music and music floats, performed at the annual festival of Odate Shinmei Shrine. From the early …
Location: Taninai, Hachimantai, Kazuno City Site(s) of performance: various places in the community Date(s): 1st Saturday of August Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri Bayashi At Taninai, drum music is performed for the Tanabata Festival. Large pentagonal lanterns are lit on the yatai floats and taken around the community. This is a Neburi-Nagashi-type of ritual, which means …
Location: Tsuzureko, Kita-Akita City Site(s) of performance: Tsuzureko Shrine, the community center, and other places in the community Date(s): July 14 and 15 Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi The origins of Tsuzureko Big Drums go back to sometime before 1262. Drum music and dance (taiko-furyū), a lion dance, two-color processions (Gempei Shiro-Aka Gyōretsu), and a hot-water …