Small Song and Dance - Kota Dance

Japanese: 小歌踊 - こうたおどり

It belongs to the Furyu dance genre of folk performing arts, and is danced to kouta (folk lyrical songs) that were popular from the late Muromachi period to the mid-Edo period. Furyu dances that incorporate kouta cover a wide range, including taiko drum dances, Amagoi dances, Nembutsu dances, and Bon dances, but kouta dances focus exclusively on kouta, and the dance form is mainly hand dances and fan dances, in an attempt to better express the lyrical mood of the songs through dance. They are widely scattered throughout the country, but the following three are representative.

(1) Ayako Mai (Onadani, Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture) A dance performed by 2-3 girls. Of the 11 traditional dances (currently 7), including the Obaragi Dance, Sakai Dance, Hitachi Dance, Hikage Dance, Inakakakudari Dance, Matsumushi Dance, Inaba Dance, Koi no Odori, Shiokumi Dance, Nishikigi Dance, and Kokiriko Dance, 10 of them, excluding the Matsumushi Dance, match the songs of female kabuki dances.

(2) Kashima Dance of Ogouchi (Okutama Town, Nishitama District, Tokyo): A dance performed by six young men dressed as women. There are also 11 pieces handed down, but three pieces, namely Ogura (Obaraki Dance), Hamagasaki (Shiokumi Dance), and Kokiriko, match Ayako Dance.

(3) Shinohara Dance (Shinohara, Oto-cho, Gojo City, Nara Prefecture) This is a group dance performed by women holding fans and men holding shime drums. There are 36 pieces, several of which are shared with Ayako-mai and Kashima-odori. None of the pieces include shamisen accompaniment, and they retain the form of early female kabuki dance before shamisen accompaniment. The dance basically consists of three stages: the opening, the main song, and the opening, and this form can also be seen in Okinawa's classical dance, especially female dance.

[Masahiro Nishikado]

[References] | Ayako Dance | Kashima Dance | Shinohara Dance

Ayako Dance
This is a folk performing art handed down in the Shimotsuke and Takaharada districts of Onnadani, Kashiwazaki City. It consists of a small song dance performed by young women, a hayashi dance performed by men, and kyogen. There are 11 types of small song dance, including the Kogiriko Dance, Hitachi Dance, and Obaragi Dance, and they are important in understanding early Kabuki dance. They are open to the public on the second Sunday of September every year. The photo shows the Obaragi Dance. Nationally designated Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture © Niigata Prefecture Tourism Association ">

Ayako Dance

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Japanese:

民俗芸能の風流(ふりゅう)踊に属するもので、室町後期から江戸中期にかけて流行した小歌（民間の叙情的歌謡）にのって踊る踊り。このような小歌を取り込んだ風流踊は、太鼓踊、雨乞(あまごい)踊、念仏踊、盆踊など多方面に及んでいるが、小歌踊では歌謡をもっぱら小歌に集中し、舞踊形式は手踊や扇踊を主体にして、歌謡のもつ叙情的ムードを踊りによってよりよく表現しようとする。全国的に広く散在するが、次の三つが代表的である。

(1)綾子舞(あやこまい)（新潟県柏崎市女谷(おなだに)）　2～3名の少女による踊り。小原木踊、堺(さかい)踊、常陸(ひたち)踊、日蔭(ひかげ)踊、田舎下(いなかくだ)り踊、松虫踊、因幡(いなば)踊、恋の踊、塩汲(しおくみ)踊、錦木踊、小切子(こきりこ)踊の伝承11曲（現行7曲）中、松虫踊を除いた10曲が女かぶき踊の曲目と一致する。

(2)小河内(おごうち)の鹿島(かしま)踊（東京都西多摩郡奥多摩町）　女装した6名の青年による踊り。やはり11曲伝存するが、小倉（小原木踊）、浜が崎（塩汲踊）、こきりこ、の3曲が綾子舞と一致する。

(3)篠原(しのはら)踊（奈良県五條(ごじょう)市大塔(おおとう)町篠原）　扇を持った女性と締(しめ)太鼓を持った男性の集団の打組踊。曲目は36あり、うち数曲が綾子舞、鹿島踊と共通。いずれも伴奏に三味線が入らず、まだ三味線伴奏以前の、初期の女かぶき踊の形態をとどめている。踊りは基本的に、出端(では)、本歌、入端(いりは)の3段階からなり、この形式は沖縄の古典舞踊、とくに女踊にもみることができるものである。

［西角井正大］

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綾子舞
柏崎市女谷の下野、高原田両地区に伝わる民俗芸能。若い女性による小歌踊、男性が演ずる囃子舞、狂言からなる。小歌踊は「小切子踊」「常陸踊」「小原木踊」など11種あり、初期歌舞伎踊を知るうえで重要である。毎年9月第2日曜日に現地公開される。写真は小原木踊。国指定重要無形民俗文化財　新潟県柏崎市©公益社団法人新潟県観光協会">

綾子舞

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