Gannin Dance - Gannin Dance

...In a document to the town magistrate's office in 1842 (Tenpo 13), it was written that "the supplicants and chanters lived in Hashimoto-cho, Shiba Shinami-cho, Shitaya Yamazaki-cho, and in front of Tenryu-ji Temple in Yotsuya. They handed out riddles, or formed groups, sang songs, danced through the towns, or stood naked in front of the shops of town houses, begging for money." They were also a kind of beggar monks. Depending on their behavior, they were also called Sutasuta monks, Waiwai Tenno, Handa Gyonin, Konpira Gyonin, etc., and the entertainment they performed included many types such as the supplicant dance, Ahodarakyo, Chobokure, and Chongare, from which later Kappo-re and Naniwa-bushi were derived. Folk performing arts include the Mansaku dance of the Kanto region, the Gan'nenbo dance of Oyabe City, Toyama Prefecture, and the Gan'nin dance of Hachirogata Town, Minamiakita County, Akita Prefecture, and traces of the dance can be seen in the Makasho Kabuki dance and in the background characters of sewamono kyogen plays.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Gannin-odori" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1842年(天保13)の町奉行所への書上には〈願人と唱候者，橋本町，芝新網町，下谷山崎町，四谷天竜寺門前に住居いたし，判じ物の札を配り，又は群れを成，歌を唄ひ，町々を踊歩行き，或は裸にて町屋見世先に立，銭を乞〉とあり，乞食坊主の一種でもあった。その所行により，すたすた坊主，わいわい天王，半田行人（はんだぎようにん），金毘羅（こんぴら）行人などとも呼ばれ，その演じる芸能は願人踊，阿呆陀羅経，チョボクレ，チョンガレなど多種で，後にかっぽれ，浪花節なども派生した。民俗芸能として関東の万作（まんさく）踊，富山県小矢部（おやべ）市に願念坊踊，秋田県南秋田郡八郎潟町の願人踊が残り，歌舞伎舞踊の長唄《まかしょ》や世話物狂言の点景人物に面影を残す。…

※「願人踊」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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