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Night has fallen. Shall we think of the world of a Japanese myth for a while in a sacred environment with flickering torches?

“Sato-kagura”, or literally town Shinto music and dance, was performed at Tenso Shrine near the southeastern border between NISHIOGI and Ogikubo in the annual festival held on October15,2022; the program was called “Yakumo- shin’ei orochi-taiji.”

Kagura is music and dance in a Shinto ritual to worship the gods. There are two kinds of kagura: “mi-kagura”, which is performed at the Imperial Court and “sato-kagura”, which is acted in a ritual of local shrines.    

This program refers to the mythology of Izumo (currently eastern portion of Shimane Prefecture) in which the god subdues the furious big serpent, Yamata-no-Orochi. Musical instruments used here are flutes, a drum and a shime taiko (drum with its head pulled taut by ropes).

 

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夜のとばりがおり、かがり火の炎が揺らめく中、しばし日本神話の世界に浸りませんか?

西荻と荻窪の南東境界あたりにある天祖神社の例大祭(2022.10.15)で上演された里神楽の八雲神詠「大蛇退治」。

神楽とは、神さまをまつるために奏する舞いと音楽のことで、大別して、宮中で演奏される「御神楽(みかぐら)」と民間の神社の祭儀で奏される「里神楽」があります。

今回の演目は、出雲神話に基づき、荒れ狂う「八岐大蛇(ヤマタノオロチ)」を神が退治するというものです。使用されている楽器は笛、太鼓、締太鼓です。


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