Ashura Dance Style Sword Dance - Ashura Dance Experience

Japanese: 阿修羅踊系剣舞 - あしゅらおどりけいけんぶ
Ashura Dance Style Sword Dance - Ashura Dance Experience

...A type of Nembutsu dance (dancing Nembutsu) found in the former Nanbu territories of Aomori and Iwate prefectures, and in the former Date domain territories of Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. In Aomori prefecture, it is called Keibai and dancers wear cockscomb-like armor, but it is thought to have originally originated from the incantation Henbai to stomp on evil spirits. There is a legend that En no Gyoja started it in the past to popularize Nembutsu, and it is a dance based on Shugendo, which was passed down by mountain ascetics, and dancers jump and stomp powerfully while switching between swords, sacred wands, and fans.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Asura Dance Sword Dance" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…青森県,岩手県の旧南部領内と岩手県,宮城県の旧伊達藩領内に分布する念仏踊(踊念仏)の一種。青森県では鶏舞(けいばい)と称して鶏冠風の鳥甲(とりかぶと)をかぶって舞うが,もとは悪霊を踏み鎮める呪法の反閇(へんばい)からでた芸とみられている。古く役行者(えんのぎようじや)が念仏普及のために始めたとの伝説などがあるように,山伏たちの手で伝承された修験道に基づく舞踊で,踊り手が剣や御幣,扇子などを持ち替えて力強く跳躍したり足踏みしたりする。…

※「阿修羅踊系剣舞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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