Osakemyojin Shrine

...At the Ushi Matsuri (Ushi Festival) of Koryuji Temple in Uzumasa, Matara-jin appears riding a cow and recites a humorous ritual text. This overlaps with Osake Myojin, the ancestor of the Hata clan, who is also the temple's temple deity, and according to Konparu Zenchiku's Meishukushu, this deity was the performing arts deity (shukushin) of Sarugaku performers. Matara-jin was probably worshiped by Goto Sarugaku (the successor to Jushi Sarugaku), whose main temple was a Tendai temple during the Insei period, and was deeply involved in the establishment of Sarugaku's Okina. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…太秦（うずまさ）広隆寺の牛祭には，摩多羅神が牛に乗って出現し，こっけいな祭文を読みあげる。これは同寺の伽藍神でもある秦氏の祖神大僻（おおさけ）明神と重なりあっており，金春禅竹の《明宿集》によれば，この神は猿楽者の芸能神(宿神（しゆくしん）)であった。摩多羅神はおそらく院政期の天台寺院を本所とする後戸猿楽(呪師猿楽の後身)のまつるところとなり，猿楽の翁（おきな）の成立に深くかかわる存在であった。…

※「大僻明神」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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