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Akata Shishimai
Location: Akata, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Chōkokuji Temple, Shinmei Shrine, and Akata Community Center Date(s): February 11 (for the Buddhist rituals of Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra),
Toriko-Mai (Bird Dance)
Location: Kami-Omachi, Omagari, Daisen City Site(s) of performance: Suwa Shrine Date(s): February 15 (the day of annual festival of Ichi Shrine, a shrine within the
Kinpō Kagura
Location: Konura, Nikaho City Site(s) of performance: Konoura-yama Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): February 4, April 23, and 2nd Sunday of May
Shibano Lion Dance
Location: Shibano, Kawaguchi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Ōhirume Shrine, Chōkokuji Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): January 11, 3rd Sunday of January,
Ōkurisawa Kagura Shishi
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
Kushi Shrine Lion Head Dance (Hatsu-uma Rituals)
Location: Himeno, Nikaho City Site(s) of performance: Kushi Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): Hatsu-uma (i.e., the first Day of the Ox in
Konoura-yama Shrine Twelve-Number Lion Dance
Location: Konoura, Nikaho City Site(s) of performance: Konoura Shrine Date(s): January 3, February 4 and 11, and August 18 Category: Shishi-Kagura This is a shihimai
Shishimai and Bangaku
Shishimai In Akita, the word Shishimai (Lion Dance) originally referred only to the lion dance of Bangaku, the ascetics’ kagura dance in the area around