Location: Nakazawa and Yakeno, Kado, Mitane Town Site(s) of performance: Various places in Nakazawa and Tatemura (Yakeno) Date(s): August 13 and 14 Designation: Town-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The Nakadate Bangaku is performed every year alternately by the communities of Nakazawa and Tatemura. According to the legends, its origin goes back …
Location: Tomine, Tobune, Futatsui-machi, Noshiro City Site(s) of performance: Atago Shrine and the open space in front of it Date(s): July 23 and Sunday before Elderly Day (3rd Monday of September) Designation: Prefecture-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku According to legend, Tomine Hōtoku Bangaku was brought here in 1793 from Kawai Village …
Location: Fujikoto, Fujisato Towan Site(s) of performance: Fujisato Town Regional Development Center Date(s): Mid-October at the Fujisato Town Festival (no longer performed at the time of the survey, conducted in fiscal year 2020) Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Kanazawa Bangaku was part of divine rituals and was offered to the Kanazawa Fudōson Shrine. This bangaku was …
Location: Sakae-Ota, Kita-Akita City Site(s) of performance: Shinmei Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): September 13 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku It is said that this bangaku was created by Hōrakuin Minetsugu, who was the chief administrator of the Ōta Shinmei Shrine, who learned Kagura and Nō plays when he studied in Kyoto. He …
Location: Shitobashi, Mitane Town Site(s) of performance: The community center Date(s): August 13 and 14 Designation: Prefecture-Designated Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku According to the records, an ascetic, Daikyōin Shōzan of the Abe family, went to the Kansai region to study, where he learned the Yamabushi Kagura, which was a kind of …
Location: Higahi-Yurishuku Site(s) of performance: Mitake Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): August 13 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku This shishimai (lion dance) belongs to the school of Honkai Shishimai. There used to be a shitamai (pre-dance) before the shishimai and sword dances and fan dances after. Only the shishimai has been passed down …
Location: Ōyanai, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Chi Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): days around August 16 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The Chi Shrine, the sacred guardian of the community, shelters the lion head that is used for this shishimai (lion dance). It is even worshiped as one of deities of the …
Location: Higashiyuritateai, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: the residence of the principal administrator of the shrine and other places in the community Date(s): August 13 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Shinden Shishimai (Shinden Lion Dance) is believed to have been a variant of the school of Honkai Shishimai. There was also a mochi-making dance that replicates …
Location: Iwayamachi, Yurihonjo City Site(s) of performance: Iwaya Niiyama Shrine, Chōkokuji Temple, and other places in the community Date(s): January 3 and 4, May 4 and 5, and August, 14, 15, and 22 Category: Shishimai and Bangaku Legend holds that, in the olden days, the lion head of an old family in Motodate District (in …
Location: Shimo-Kawauchi, Chōkai-machi, Yuri-Honjo City Site(s) of performance: Hakusan Shrine and other places in the community Date(s): April 20, August 14–16 Designation: State-Designated Important Intangible Folkloric Cultural Property Category: Shishimai and Bangaku The name Honkai Bangaku comes from the name of the priest Honkai, a shugen (Buddhist ascetic) of the 17th century who belonged to …