Location: Sanbon-ogi, Ota-machi, Daisen City
Site(s) of performance: Miyauchi Shrine and other places in the community
Date(s): August 20 (day of the annual festival at Miyauchi Shrine) and any other day
Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property
Category: Taiko-Furyū and Matsuri-Bayashi
Saisai, popular in the area, is a kind of festival dance music with drums and Japanese flutes. Sanbon-Ōgi Saisai is performed as a divine offering at the annual festival of Miyauchi Shrine. Saisai is what the traditional music and dance of local communities became under the influence of kabuki, nagauta, shinnai, and hauta of other regions.
