Kasaodori (Umbrella Dance) - Kasaodori

Japanese: 笠踊(傘踊) - かさおどり

A dance performed with a hat or umbrella in hand. The hat dance follows the tradition of Shinto ritual dance, in which the dancer first picks up the clothes or headgear and dances to purify them, but since the early modern period, various devices have been used as dance props. Well-known folk dances include the Hanagasa Dance of Yamagata Prefecture, in which dancers hold hats decorated with flowers, the Yagibushi of Gunma Prefecture, the Mugiyabushi of Gokayama, Toyama Prefecture, which makes effective use of sedge hats, and the Shiraishi Dance of Shiroishi Island, Okayama Prefecture, in which the dancer holds a lacquered hat. Kabuki dances include the Fujimusume, who dances with a sandan hat in both hands, and the Kikuzukushi, in which dancers hold a flower hat in their hands.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

笠や傘を手にしておどる踊り。笠踊は舞い手が着衣やかぶりものをまず手にして舞い清めるという神事舞の流れを受けるが，近世以降は踊りの小道具としてさまざまなくふうがこらされる。民俗舞踊では花で飾った笠を手にする山形県の花笠踊，群馬県の《八木節》，菅笠を効果的に使う富山県五箇山の《麦屋節》，塗笠をやっこが手にする岡山県白石島の白石（しらいし）踊などが著名。歌舞伎舞踊では三段笠を両手に踊る《藤娘》や，花笠を手にもつ《菊づくし》などがある。

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