Gong-beating

Japanese: 鉦たたき - かねたたき

A lower-ranking religious performer in the guise of a monk who strikes a gong, recites sutras, and performs door-to-door activities to ask for charity. In the early modern period, there was a performance called "Hatchogane" or "Yatsukarakane," in which young men would strike eight gongs arranged in a circle, but later, they would wear eight gongs around their necks and perform a curved strike, while their monk companions would ask for charity. Other door-to-door performers who struck gongs around their necks included the monk who performed a singing nembutsu and the pilgrim who performed an impromptu kayanokanjo (flowing kanjo) ceremony with a bucket of water on his head.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鉦をたたいて経文を唱え，門付などをして喜捨を乞う僧形の下級宗教芸能者。近世初期には〈八丁鉦（はつちようがね）〉とか〈やつからかね〉と称して，若衆が鉦を八つ円形に並べたものを打ち分ける芸能があったが，のちには鉦八つを首に掛け，曲打ちを見せ，僧形の連れが喜捨を求めた。なお首に掛けた鉦を打つ門付芸能者としては，僧形の歌念仏，頭に水を入れた手桶を載せ即席の流れ灌頂（かんぢよう）をした行人鳥足（ぎようにんとりあし）などもいた。

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