Edo Daikagura

... Although two-person lion dances are also performed in festival processions and dengaku, they are most commonly performed in daikagura, also known as lion kagura, and yamabushi kagura. Daikagura consists of prayers performed by lion dancers and acrobatic performances (sangaku) ​​as entertainment, and representative examples are Ise Daikagura, based in Tayu-cho, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture, and Maruichi, which originally came from Atsuta, Owari, and became Edo Daikagura when the Tokugawa family moved to Edo. Most two-person lion dances performed throughout the country to exorcise demons or pray for a good harvest are classified as daikagura lion dances. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Edo Daikagura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　二人立ちの獅子舞は祭礼のお練りや田楽（でんがく）にも舞われるが，獅子神楽と呼ばれる太神楽（だいかぐら）や山伏神楽にもっとも定着した。太神楽は獅子舞による祈禱と余興としての曲芸(散楽（さんがく）)からなるもので，三重県桑名市太夫町に本拠を置く伊勢太神楽と，もと尾張熱田に出て徳川家の江戸入府に伴い江戸太神楽となった丸一（まるいち）が代表的な存在である。全国の悪魔払いや豊年祈願などの二人立ちの獅子舞はたいてい太神楽の獅子舞に入る。…

※「江戸太神楽」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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