Sister Komai - Anguwamoi

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[Modern Theatre Arts]
After the abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, samurai who had lost their stipends and were skilled in the arts gathered together and began to hold dance performances in temporary enclosed theaters at Shinanbashi and Nakamo in Naha City, which led to the beginning of what is now known as Okinawan theater around 1882. At first, they mainly performed Kumiodori and Hashiodori, but to cater to the tastes of the masses, they began to perform folk songs and popular songs on the sanshin, and created and performed Angwamoi, a light-hearted dance performed by peasant girls and town girls in Basho or Kasuri robes, as well as dances depicting the appearance of prostitutes in the flourishing red-light districts of the time, and dramatic dances depicting the relationships between prostitutes and their customers, which were well received. These include Hamachidori, Kanayo, Munjuru, Hanafu, Kabirabushi, and Kanzeiku, which are still performed today, and these were collectively called Zoodori (miscellaneous dances) in contrast to the traditional Kanmuribune-odori.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ane Komai" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

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［近代劇場芸能］
　廃藩置県令施行後，禄を失った士族のうち芸に堪能な者が集まって，那覇市中の思案橋や仲毛（なかもう）にかます囲いの芝居小屋を仮設して踊興行を始めたのがきっかけで，1882年ごろにいわゆる沖縄芝居が始まった。当初は組踊，端踊をもっぱら演じていたが，大衆の嗜好に応えるため民謡，流行歌の類を三線にのせ，芭蕉衣や絣着の百姓娘と町女が軽快に踊る姉小舞（あんぐわもうい）を創作上演したり，当時隆盛の廓の遊女の風姿を描いた踊り，遊女と客の交情を描く劇舞踊などを演じて喝采を得た。現在も上演される《浜千鳥》《かなよう》《むんじゅる》《花風（はなふう）》《川平節（かびらぶし）》《金細工（かんぜいく）》などがそれで，これらは旧来の冠船踊に対して，雑踊（ぞうおどり）と総称された。…

※「姉小舞」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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