Sato Kagura, one of Japan’s traditional performing arts, is being faithfully passed down to the younger generation.
On Children’s Day, May 5, 2025, “The Osonoi Children’s Kagura” was held at the Kagura-den of Igusa-Hachiman Shrine in NISHIOGI.
The troops of Minamoto no Yoritomo camped here in 1189 during his conquest of Oushu, currently Tohoku region. At that time Yoritomo dug the ground with the end of his bow to secure drinking water. After the seventh time, water finally gushed forth. The performance is based on a local legend in which he is said to have sighed,” It’s too late! “, because the water took so long to come out.
The boy playing Yoritomo depicts three scenes: the scene where he digs the ground with the end of his bow, the scene where he checks to see if the water has come out, and the scene where he happily drinks the water that has finally gushed forth.
こども神楽
日本の伝統芸能の一つ、「里神楽」が若い世代にしっかり継承されています。
2025年5月5日の「こどもの日」、西荻の井草八幡宮・神楽殿で開催された「遅野井（おそのい）こども神楽」。
源頼朝の軍勢が、1189年、奥州征伐の際この地に宿陣した。そのとき、頼朝は飲み水を確保するため弓の端で地面を掘ったところ、七か所目にしてようやく水が湧き出した。その水の湧出が遅かったとして、頼朝が「遅いのう」と言ったという当地の伝説に基づく演目です。
頼朝役の男の子が、弓の端で地を掘る場面、湧き出したかどうか確認する場面、やっと湧き出した水を喜んで飲む場面、の三つの場面を表現しています。
