著者

Kahlow Andrea Luise

出版者

法政大学大学院 国際日本学インスティテュート専攻委員会

雑誌

国際日本学論叢 = 国際日本学論叢 (ISSN:13491954)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, pp.1-35, 2018-04-17

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The “Dance of the Herons” (sagimai 鷺舞) is a dance with instrumentaland vocal accompaniment, performed by two dancers in full-body heroncostumes at a summer festival on July 20 and 27 in Tsuwano, an old castletown in western Honshu that attracts many tourists with its beautifullypreserved Edo townscape. The dancers, who represent a male and femaleheron, are joined by other performance elements deriving from themedieval Gion festival, such as the drum dance kakko mai 羯鼓舞. TheGion festival, the annual festival of Kyotoʼs Yasaka Shrine, is one ofJapanʼs biggest summer festivals, famous for its elaborate floats andfestival music. In this article, the present form of the sagimai is situated inits relationship to its history. Analysis is based on the results of previousresearch as well as the authorʼs fieldwork, including interviews with theperformers.