Innai Village

...In the records from the first year of the Kakei era (1387) at the nearby Yasaka Shrine, it appears that they performed the role of a ritual dance at the shrine. Nishitanaka was called Innaimura until the mid-Edo period, and from these records it is believed that the Kowaka dance was originally a dance performed by chanting masters who served local temples and shrines. The Kowaka school advanced to Kyoto in the mid-15th century, where it gained the patronage of military commanders and was granted land, and flourished under three branches: Hachirokuro, Kohachiro, and Yajiro. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…この地の近くの八坂神社の嘉慶元年(1387)の記録に，同社の神事舞の役を勤めたことが見える。西田中は江戸中期まで院内村と呼ばれたが，これらからすると，幸若舞はもと地方の寺社に奉仕する唱門師系の舞であったと思われる。　幸若流は15世紀中ごろから京都に進出して，武将たちの愛顧を受け，領地を安堵されるようになり，八郎九郎，小八郎，弥次郎の3家に分かれて盛行した。…

※「院内村」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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