OsakaRain Dance

Category Name:Furyu (Furyu Style Dance)

This is performed by 1 gong (large drum), 1 small drum, 1 flute, 1 bell, 2 makumari dancers, and about 10 other dancers. This dance , for praying for rain, is said to have been introduced by traveling monks in the middle of the Muromachi Period

Municipality

Yamaga City

Category

Furyu (Furyu Style Dance)

Specific Location

Osaka

Cultural Property Designation

Yamaga City Intangible Folk Cultural Property December 24, 1970

Performance Date(s)

July (Marine Day) / November 23

Performance Location

Sugawara Shrine / Osaka Community Center / Suwa Shrine

Preservation Society

Osaka Amagoi Odori Preservation Society