Prince Dance - Oujimai

... Shugendo practitioners attributed illness to the curse of the number 63, divided the patient's age by 9, compared the remaining number with the numbers attached to each part of the body to identify the affected area, and responded to the anxiety of the people by practicing the secret method of warding off 63. In the Chugoku region, a ritual text telling the origin of the Earth God, which originated in the Middle Ages, was passed down, and was recited while beating a bow, or performed as part of Kagura, called the Gogyo Festival and Prince Dance. The story goes that King Pangu created the heavens and the earth, and allocated duties for the four seasons and four directions to four princes (dragon kings), but Prince Goro, who was born after the king's death, fought with the four, and the matter was settled when Prince Goro ceded the doyo on the 18th day of each season and became the central god (yellow dragon). ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…修験者は病気を六三のたたりとし，患者の年の数を9で割って残った数を身体の各部に付けた数と照合して患部を明らかにし，六三よけの秘法を修することによって民衆の不安にこたえた。　中国地方には，中世に起源をもつ土公神の由来を語る祭文が伝わり，弓をたたいて語ったり，神楽のなかで五行祭，王子舞と称して舞ったりした。その内容は，盤古大王が天地を作り，4人の王子(竜王)に四季と四方の所務を配分したが，大王没後に生まれた五郎の王子が4人と争い，四季18日の土用を割譲して中央の神(黄竜)とすることで決着がつくという話である。…

※「王子舞」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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