It is said that the present day Kiyama Kagura Dance was completed by combining with the best parts of the Higo Kagura Dance in the Taisho period (1912-1926 ) by a dancer called Ichiro Nakagawa. It is also said that the Kiyama Clan first resided in Kiyama in 1441. They dedicated the Aso-style kagura dance to the Kiyama Shrine , their guardian shrine . Although the details are unknown it is certain that the kagura continued being performed from the Edo era to the mid Meiji period . It also suggests that the the Higo Kagura lineage was also performed from the Edo period before it was discontinued to become the present production of the Kiyama Kagura.