"Katsura River Jizo Chronicle"

The style of the performance centered on large, elaborately designed, elegant umbrellas, and included scenes from well-known stories, such as "Kuro Hangan Goshu Shimogo no Tai," "Hatakeyama Rokuro Yuinohama Kassenjin Hijiri no Tai," "Gojo Tachi Keijo no Tai," and other props and costumed groups that reflected the customs of the time, accompanied by flutes, drums, and small drums. In 1416 (Oei 23), when the stone Jizo of Katsura in Kyoto-sai showed a miraculous omen, people from the capital dressed up in elegant costumes and flocked to the site almost every day. The Katsura River Jizo-ki, which describes the event, lists over 60 themes related to historical events from around the world, past and present, such as "The scene where Prince Kamimiya kills the rebel Moriya," "Yorimasa defeats the Nue," and "The Festival at Hongmen." According to the Kyogaku Shiyosho and Daijo-in Temple and Shrine Miscellaneous Records, in the latter half of the 15th century in Nara, large-scale elegant festivals were held during the Bon Festival mainly by local lords such as the Furuichi clan, and it was from around that time that large numbers of dancers could be seen around musical instruments.

*Some of the terminology used in "Katsura River Jizo-ki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　その芸態は，趣向をこらした大きな風流傘を中心に，〈九郎判官奥州下向之躰〉〈畠山六郎ユイノ浜合戦人飛礫ノ躰〉〈五条立傾城之躰〉など，人のよく知る物語の一場面や，当時の風俗を仕組んだ作り物，仮装の一団を，笛･太鼓･小鼓などで囃すものであった。また1416年(応永23)，洛西桂（かつら）の石地蔵が奇瑞を示したおりには，都人が連日のように風流を仕立てて大挙して参詣（さんけい）したが，そのときのようすを記した《桂川地蔵記》には，〈上宮太子が逆臣守屋を討つところ〉〈頼政の鵼（ぬえ）退治〉〈鴻門（こうもん）の会〉など，古今東西の故事にちなむ趣向60余が列挙されている。《経覚私要鈔（きようがくしようしよう）》《大乗院寺社雑事記》などによれば，奈良では15世紀後半に古市氏など国人衆を中心に盆に大がかりな風流が行われており，そのころから囃子物のまわりに大勢の踊り衆が見られるようになった。…

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