Komai - Komai

Japanese: 小舞 - こまい

〘Noun〙① A short dance performed in Kyogen. It is always accompanied by Kyogen songs (utai) and komai songs as the background, and has the independence to be performed on its own. It is more realistic and showy than Noh's shimai. Because it is a short dance, it was also performed as entertainment at banquets in the early modern period. Kyogen komai. *Toraakirahon Kyogen, Hinosake (late Muromachi period - early early modern period) "I will sing and show you how much I have practiced this komai." ② A type of dance that was popular during the early Kabuki period. At first it was similar in character to ①, but gradually as a Kabuki dance it developed in a different direction from Kyogen komai. In the Wakashu Kabuki period, "Komai Jūrokuban" was established as its basic form. *Hyōban, Shikidō Daikyō (1678), vol. 14 "The dancer keeps the rhythm with a drum and shamisen, performs a komai (ko-mahi) and sings."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 狂言の中で舞われる短い舞。必ず地としての狂言謡(うたい)や小舞謡を伴い、それ自身単独でも演じられる独立性をもつもの。能の仕舞にくらべて写実的で、はでである。短い舞なので、近世、宴席などの座興にも舞われた。狂言小舞。※虎明本狂言・樋の酒（室町末‐近世初）「うたふてこのほどこまいをけいこしたをまふて見せたけれ共」② 初期歌舞伎の頃に盛んに演じられた舞踊の一種。はじめは①に近い性格をもっていたが、次第に歌舞伎舞踊としては狂言小舞と別の方向に発達した。なお、若衆歌舞伎時代にその基本的なものとして、「小舞十六番」が制定されている。※評判記・色道大鏡（1678）一四「鼓三味線をもて拍子をとり、小舞(コマヒ)をまひて歌を発す」

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