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Furyū

Furyū is a generic term to designate charming ornaments or gestures, and as a category of performance arts it means performances with curiosity, interest, and anything to surprise and entertain the spectators. It thus covers a wide range of performance arts, including Shagiri, Gannin Dance, Rice Cake-Making Dance, Ondo, Sake-Brewing Dance, and singing events. Many furyū performances have been passed down to date with shrine festivals. They tend to exaggerate the appearance or movement and become more gorgeous. Yasuji Honda classifies furyū into Neri-Furyū, Disguise-Furyū, Tsukurimono-Furyū, Plague-God-Furyū, Dengaku-Furyū, Nenbutsu-Dance, and Kouta-Dance.

Shagiri of Nakabashi
Nagamine Hachiman Shrine Sakibarai Dance
Karame-Bushi Kanayama-Dance
Yuze Shinmei Shrine Sakibarai Dance
Taninai Amaterasu Sumemioya Shrine Sakibarai Dance
Ōsato Kawara Inari Shrine Sakibarai Dance
Ōsawa Sōshimai (Ōsawa Strongmen’s Dance)
Ani Karame Bushi
Karakaranzu
Town Dance of Hanawa
Kumo Mai (Spider Dance)
Tashiro Bon Dance
Hataya Yakko Dance
Shimobu Street Dance
Hanawa Neputa
Hata Inari Shrine Shagiri
Kushi Shrin Shagiri
Menagata Street Dance Music
Gannin Dance
Akata Shagiri
Rice Cake-Making Dance
Kasuda Sake Brewing Dance
Kanezawa Hachiman Shrine Singing Event
Memeki Bayashi
Kumano Shrine Impromptu Song Festival
Ishiwaki Sanbutsu
Asahiokayama Shrine Past-Midnight Impromptu Song Festival (Morning Dew Stepping Sacred Rituals)
White Heron Dance
Saisai, Akita Dance Song, and Nagamochi Song
Performance Arts of Tonami Shrine
Gomihori Rice Cake-Making Dance
Tenjin Ayatori
Kaizawa Karausu-Karami
Shagiri of Kita-Fukuda