Location: Maego, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Hie Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): From 1st Saturday to Monday of September Category: Sasara and Horse Dance The Maegō Shishiko Dance is performed as an offering at the annual festival of Hie Shrine. Each of the three lion cubs (shishiko) is performed by one …
Location: Kawai, 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 horse dance came from Fujikoto (in Fujisato Town) and the yakko dance (samurai servants’ dance) from Tsurugata (in Noshiro City). Since those two communities have a long history …
Location: Toyokawa, Daisen City Site(s) of performance: Kōshin Monument, former Renshōji Temple, Wakeikazuchi Shrine, Kannon Temple, Sakanoue-Hachiman Shrine, Noda Shrine, Tenzōin Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): July 22, August 7, 9, 13, 14, and 17–19, and September 9 Category: Sasara and Horse Dance It is believed that the sasara dance was initiated …
Location: Kami-Hinokinai, Nishiki-machi, Semboku City Site(s) of performance: The cemetery and Tozawa Community Center Date(s): August 7, 13, and 17 in the modern calendar, and August 15 in the lunar calendar Designation: Prefecture-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Bon Dance The sasara dance at Tozawa is performed quite differently from the sasara dance …
Location: Sugayachitai, Nanokaichi, Kita-Akita City Site(s) of performance: Anywhere Date(s): Anytime (no longer performed as of the time of the survey conducted in fiscal year 2020) Category: Sasara and Horse Dance The origin goes back to the relegation of Lord Satake to Akita. It is now called the Kami-Funagi Horse Dance, but there used to …
Location: Nagano, Daisen City Site(s) of performance: Various places in the community Date(s): August 13–16 Designation: Prefecture Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance According to the scroll of ‘About the Lion King’ from this place, when Lord Satake made the procession to Akita in 1602 after reassignment by the shogunate to …
Location: Koyamada, Nishiki-maki, Semboku City Site(s) of performance: Yatsu Kannondō Temple, Anrakuji Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): August 13, 14, 17, and 20 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance It is believed that Lord Tozawa Kanemori, who lived in Kami-Hinokinai (in the former Nishiki Village) in the …
Location: Sekiguchi, Yuzawa City Site(s) of performance: Hachiman Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): September 16 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance In the early 9th century, General Sakanoue Tamuramaro conducted a northern campaign upon the order of Emperor Kanmu and defeated King Akuro of the barbarians. On …
Location: Nakano, Kanezawa, Yokote City Site(s) of performance: Kanezawa Hachiman Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): September 15 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance The Kanezawa Sasara Dance is performed at eight places in the community and then performed in the shrine as divine offerings. It was brought …
Location: Horiminai, Daisen City Site(s) of performance: Kōsenji Temple and Horio Shrine Date(s): August 7, 13, and 19 and September 7 Designation: City-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Sasara and Horse Dance The origin of the sasara at Horiminai is said to go back sometime before the Edo era (1600–1868), but it is also said …