Ima Iwato Kagura

Category Name:Kagura

The Kagura of Nanatsu-yama has been handed down through interaction with people who were adopted and came from Nanatsu-yama (Morozuka Village, Higashi-usuki-gun) Miyazaki Prefecture, and people who dance Kagura in Shimo-nagasaki. The Katsura Kagura of Nanatsu-yama is said to belong to the Mukaiyama Kagura of Takachiho lineage. The music consists of shime-daiko, flute, and "gane", with a bell held in the right hand, a fan in the left, also sakaki, "gohei" a sword, and a bamboo staff with tassels on both ends are used.

Municipality

Yamato Town

Category

Kagura

Specific Location

Yamato Town, Ima Soyou=machi)

Cultural Property Designation

Performance Date(s)

irregular

Performance Location

Rotating among private houses in the Ima district

Preservation Society

Ima kagura Preservation Society