Female Dance - Onnaodori

...This work gained a good reputation, and Kumiodori was created by successive generations. He also choreographed a dance to the accompaniment of sanshin songs, laying the foundation for later court dance. This type of dance is called Haodori, and there are four types: Rojin-odori (dance for adult males), Nisai-odori (dance for adult males), Wakashu-odori (dance for young men), and Onna-odori (dance for women), each with different costumes and techniques. All the performers were the children of samurai, and the Wakashu-odori and Nisai-odori were performed by people of the appropriate age, while Onna-odori was performed by people who had just reached adulthood, but after the abolition of the feudal domains and the establishment of prefectures, this gradually broke down, and women began to dance freely. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "women's dance" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これが評判をえて，以後組踊が歴代創作されるようになったが，また彼は三線歌曲を伴奏にした舞踊を振付けし，のちの宮廷舞踊の基礎を固めた。この種の舞踊を端踊（はおどり）とよぶが，種目には老人踊，二歳踊(成年男子の踊り)，若衆踊，女踊の四つがあり，それぞれで扮装と技法が異なる。演者はいずれも士族の子弟が勤め，若衆踊，二歳踊は該当年代の者，女踊は成年直後ごろの者の役割であったが，廃藩置県後はしだいに崩れ，女性も自由に踊るようになった。…

※「女踊」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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