Lion dance - Kioijishi

Kabuki dance. Tokiwazu. Original title: "Kabuki no Hanakogo (Flower of the Lion Theater)." Written by Segawa Joko 3rd. Music by Kishizawa Shikisa 5th. Choreography by Hanayagi Jusuke 1st. It was first performed in April 1851 (Kaei 4) at the Nakamuraza in Edo by Ichikawa Kodanji 4th, Bando Takesaburo (Hikosaburo 5th), and others. Set in the "Soga Festival," an annual event in Edo Kabuki held to celebrate the success of the spring Soga Kyogen, the play features two tobi-gashira (head of a construction worker) dancing alongside geisha and other construction workers. The content is highly varied, including the story of the Soga brothers' night raid, a bofura dance using "Odoke-bushi," a heroic mad performance wearing a lion's head, and a Hyottoko dance. At the end of the Edo period, the background was changed to the Sanno Festival. It remains popular today as a representative example of "festival material" rich in Edo atmosphere.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌舞伎(かぶき)舞踊。常磐津(ときわず)。本名題(ほんなだい)『勢獅子劇場花罾(かぶきのはなかご)』。3世瀬川如皐(じょこう)作。5世岸沢式佐(しきさ)作曲。初世花柳寿輔(はなやぎじゅすけ)振付け。1851年（嘉永4）4月、江戸・中村座で4世市川小団次、坂東(ばんどう)竹三郎（5世彦三郎）らにより初演。江戸歌舞伎の年中行事、春の曽我(そが)狂言の当り祝いとして催された「曽我祭」を舞台に、鳶頭(とびがしら)2人が芸者や鳶たちをあしらって踊るもので、曽我兄弟の夜討ちの物語、「おどけ節」を使ったぼうふら踊り、獅子頭(ししがしら)をかぶっての勇壮な狂い、ひょっとこ踊りなど、内容は変化に富む。幕末から、背景を山王(さんのう)祭に改定。江戸情緒豊かな「祭礼物」の代表作として今日も流行している。

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