Kanda Festival

Japanese: 神田祭 - かんだまつり

This is the annual festival of Kanda Shrine, located in Sotokanda, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. In the Edo period, along with the Sanno Festival held at Hie Shrine in Nagatacho, it was a national festival in which a Shinko procession entered Edo Castle and was viewed by the Shogun. The main festival alternates with the Sanno Festival every other year in odd-numbered years (years of the Ox, Rabbit, Snake, Sheep, Rooster, and Pig), and a Shinko (→ Shinko Festival) is held in which a phoenix palanquin (Horen) parades from Kanda to Nihonbashi and Marunouchi. Originally, it was an autumn festival held on September 15th of the lunar calendar, but since 1892 it has been held on May 15th. Today, if May 15th falls on a weekday, only the annual ritual is held, and the Shinko is held on the Sunday before or after. In the late Edo period, the Shinko Procession featured 36 floats from each parishioner town, various elaborate performances called Tsukematsuri, and numerous performances by non-parishioners called Oyatoimatsuri, which were ordered by the shogunate. However, the Tsukematsuri disappeared in 1887, and the floats were lost due to the installation of electric cables and the Great Kanto Earthquake, and each town changed to presenting a portable shrine, except for the Kanda Matsueda Town Association's "Hagoromo" doll float. In 2007, a project to restore the Tsukematsuri was launched, and efforts are being made to revive it.

Kanda Festival

The name of a Japanese piece of music. (1) The name of a Kiyomoto-bushi piece. The original title was Shime-no-Huezu (The Colors of Noh). The words were by Misaoya Fusanobu, and the music was by Kiyomoto Saibei II. It was first performed in 1839 (Tempo 10) at the Kawarazakiza Theater in Edo. It depicts the customs of the common people by featuring a male and female Tekomai dance at the festival of Kanda Myojin Shrine in Edo. (2) The name of a Nagauta piece. The words were by Kodo Tokutomo. It was co-written by Yoshizumi Kosaburo IV and Kineya Rokushiro III. It was first performed in 1911 to commemorate the 100th Kenseikai.

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Japanese:

東京都千代田区外神田に鎮座する神田神社の例祭。江戸時代には永田町の日枝神社で行なわれる山王祭とともに，神幸行列が江戸城内に入り将軍の上覧を受ける天下祭であった。山王祭と交互に隔年で西暦奇数年（丑，卯，巳，未，酉，亥の年）が大祭となり，鳳輦（ほうれん）が神田から日本橋，丸の内と巡行する神幸（→神幸祭）が行なわれる。本来は秋祭りで，旧暦 9月15日の祭りであったが，1892年以降 5月15日となり，今日では 5月15日が平日の場合は例祭の神事のみ行ない，神幸はその前後の日曜日に行なわれている。江戸時代後期には，神幸行列として，氏子各町が出す 36基の山車やそれに伴う附祭（つけまつり）と呼ばれるさまざまに趣向を凝らした出し物と，御雇祭（おやといまつり）と呼ばれる幕府の命を受けた氏子以外の町内による出し物が多数出ていたが，附祭は 1887年に姿を消し，山車も電線架設や関東大震災などの影響により失われ，神田松枝町会の「羽衣」人形の山車を除いて各町内とも神輿を出すように変わった。附祭は 2007年から神田祭附祭復元プロジェクトが発足し，復活が試みられている。

神田祭
かんだまつり

日本音楽の曲名。 (1) 清元節の曲名。本名題『〆能色相図 (しめろやれいろのかけごえ) 』。三升屋二三治作詞，2世清元斎兵衛作曲。天保 10 (1839) 年江戸河原崎座で初演。江戸神田明神の祭礼に男女の手古舞を登場させて庶民風俗を描いた曲。 (2) 長唄の曲名。幸堂得知作詞。4世吉住小三郎・3世杵屋六四郎合作。 1911年研精会 100回記念として初演された。

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