Kanjin Sajiki

...By the end of the Heian period, box seats for viewing performing arts began to appear here and there, and their number increased during the Kamakura period. In the Muromachi period, popular performing arts such as Dengaku and Sarugaku became popular, and Kanjin box seats for these performances were set up in the capital at Tadasu-gawara and Reizei-gawara. The most famous performance was the Daikanjin Dengaku, which was held at Shijo-gawara in 1349 (Shohei 4), and the performance hall at that time was large, with three to four tiers of circular box seats surrounding the stage. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kanjin Sanjiki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…平安末期には芸能を鑑賞するための桟敷も散見されるようになり，鎌倉時代にはその数を増す。室町時代に入って田楽や猿楽などの大衆芸能がさかんとなり，これを演ずるための勧進桟敷が洛中の糺（ただす）河原や冷泉河原などに設置された。最も有名なのは1349年(正平4)に四条河原で演ぜられた大勧進田楽で，このときの演能場は舞台を中心に3～4層の円形桟敷を巡らす大規模なものだった。…

※「勧進桟敷」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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