Tanabata Dance in Ichiki

Japanese: 市来の七夕踊

A folk performing art handed down in the Ozato district of Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture. It is an elegant dance that is performed every year on Tanabata, a month late in the year. A procession of feudal lords led by large papier-mâché animals of a deer, tiger, cow, and crane called "Tsukuimon," followed by a procession of dancers performing the Naginata Dance and Taiko Drum Dance, parades through the village. One theory is that it originated from a celebration of Shimazu Yoshihiro's triumphant return from the Korean War. The main dance (Taiko Dance), which is performed with drums and gongs in hand, is said to be based on the custom of chasing insects. It was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan in 1981.

Source: About Shogakukan Digital Daijisen Plus Information

Japanese:

鹿児島県いちき串木野市の大里地区に伝わる民俗芸能。毎年月遅れの七夕で披露される風流踊。「ツクイモン」と呼ばれる鹿・虎・牛・鶴の大きな張り子の動物が先導する大名行列、長刀踊、太鼓踊の列が集落に繰り出す。島津義弘の朝鮮戦役凱旋の祝賀行事が由来との説がある。太鼓と鉦(かね)を手に舞う本踊（太鼓踊）は虫追いの習俗に基づくともされる。1981年、国の重要無形民俗文化財に指定。

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