Kikuchi-no-Matsu-bayashi

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Category Name:Kagura

This said to have originated during the Nanboku-cho period (second half of the 14th century), when Lord KIKUCHI Takemitsu, who, in welcoming the Seisei Shogun Prince Kaneyoshi, had it performed to celebrate the New Year. Kikuchi's "Matsubayashi" consists of three parts: the celebratory Serifu (lines), the dance with bamboo performed to the music of large tsuzumi, drums, and singers (Jiutai), and the fan dance performed to the music of drums and singers (Jiutai). Lyrics in the third part, "The colors of spring are fluttering down from the east," have similarities with "Matsubayashi," performed by Kanze, who performed for the Muromachi shogunate.

Municipality

Kikuchi City

Category

Kagura

Specific Location

waifu Kami-machi, Kikuchi City

Cultural Property Designation

Nationally-designated Intangible Folk Cultural Property December 16, 1998, Nationally-selected Intangible Folk Cultural Property November 5, 1973

Performance Date(s)

October 13th

Performance Location

Matsu-bayashi No-jo

Preservation Society

O-Matsubayashi O-Noh Preservation Society