Giba - Giba

Japanese: ギバ - ぎば

…Typical examples include Benten Kozo at Hamamatsuya in “Shiranami Gonin Otoko” and Omiwa in “Imoseyama.” It is one of the techniques of Giba-tachimawari. The action of being thrown and kicked, jumping up, spreading the legs and falling on one’s buttocks. …

From "Boraku puppet theatre"

...Also, "Ushiroburi" is a beautiful back view unique to female actors that is taken when a woman's resentment or sorrow reaches its peak. Representative kata for tachiyaku actors include "Danshichihashiri," "Giba," "Rokuho," "Uchikomi," and "Ishinage." "Danshichihashiri" is a kata in which a military commander runs up a large pine tree to scout the approaching enemy army, waving his left and right hands alternately as he starts to run....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Giba" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《白浪五人男》の浜松屋での弁天小僧，《妹背山》のお三輪などその代表例。　ギバ立回りのテクニックの一つ。投げられ，また蹴られて飛び上がり，足を開いて尻で落ちる動作。…

【人形浄瑠璃】より

…また，〈うしろぶり〉は，女の恨みごとや悲しみが頂点に達したときにする女形独特の美しい後ろ姿である。　立役の代表的な型としては，〈団七走り〉〈ギバ〉〈六方〉〈打込（うちこみ）〉〈石投げ〉などがある。〈団七走り〉は，武将が押し寄せる敵軍を偵察するため，松の大木に登ろうとして駆け行く型で，左右の手を大きく交互にふって走りだす。…

※「ギバ」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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