| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Research Abstract |
BON LANTERN DANCE IN NORTHERN KYOTO
THE PICTURE OF THE NAGATANI HACHIMANGU DECORATED LANTERN DANCE, ONE PAGE OF A DOCUMENT HELD IN THE COLLECTION OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF JAPANESE HISTORY, IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE DECORATED LANTERN DANCE OF NORTHERN KYOTO. VARIOUS DIFFERENT MOTIFS WERE MADE FOR THE LANTERNS, INCLUDING WATER MILLS, BOATS USED BY THE IMPERIAL FAMILY AND THE ELITE, PEONIES, TORII GATES AND SHRINES, PLUMS, CAMELLIAS, WILLOWS IN TUBS, AND VASES. AS FOR PERFORMING ARTS STAGED IN KYOTO DURING BON TODAY, THERE IS THE ROKUSAI IN SOUTHWEST KYOTO, AND THE AMITABHA BUDDHA NEMBUTSU DANCE AND THE NICHIREN SECT DAIMOKU DANCE IN NORTHEASTERN KYOTO. VIEWED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF DOCUMENTS AND ILLUSTRATED MATERIALS FROM THE EARLYMODERN PERIOD, A BON DECORATED LANTERN DANCE FILLED WITH THE MUROMACHI SPIRIT WAS ALSO PERFORMED AT NAGATANI HACHIMANGU.
THE REFINED PROCESSIONS AND DRUM DANCES OF THE FESTIVALS SUWA JINJA SHRINE IN KAGOSHIMA
ONE FEATURE OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOLK ENTERTAINMENT IN THE SATSUMA REGION OF KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE IS THE DRUM DANCE, FOR WHICH THERE IS A COMPLEX AND DIVERSE RANGE IN TERMS OF FORM, DANCE FORMATION, THE BANNERS CARRIED BY DANCERS, AND THE TIMES OF YEAR THESE DANCES TAKE PLACE, etc. IN A BROAD SENSE, THE FORM AND DANCE FORMATION OF THESE DRUM DANCES ARE SIMILAR TO DRUM DANCES PERFORMED IN THE VARIOUS REGIONS OF WESTERN JAPAN. AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT BY PREVIOUS RESEARCHERS, ONE CHARACTERISITIC OF THE DRUM DANCE IN THE SATSUMA REGION IS THE DRUM DANCE OF THE VARIOUS SUWA SHRINES IN SATSUM ALIES WITH THIS DRUM DANCE THAT IS A DEDICATION TO THE KAGOSHIMA JOKA SUWA SHRINE.
THE REFINED LANTERN PROCESSION TO PRAY FOR RAIN : THE CASE OF HYOGOTSU AT THE END OF THE EDO ERA. STARTIG ON THE THIRD DAY OF JUNE 1852, THE 27 MACHI OF HYOGOTSU TOOK PART IN A GRAND LANTERN PROCESSION ALONG THE SAIGOKUKAIDO IN WHICH THEY PRAYED FOR RAIN. THIS PAPER LOOKS AT THIS REFINED "TSUKURIMONO", WHICH MAY ALSO BE DESCRIBED AS A PAGEANT OF LIGHT, COLOR AND SOUND.
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