Sandan no mai - Sandan no mai

Japanese: 三段ノ舞 - さんだんのまい

The name of a dance in Noh and Kyogen. In Noh, it is a type of Chu-no-mai, and the musical form of Chu-no-mai is simplified from the formal five-dan to a three-dan, but when the dancer is a tsure or a child actor, the formal form is three-dan, so it is specifically called Sandan-no-mai. It is performed in plays such as "Takeshima," "Arashiyama," "Tsurukame," "Shozon," and "Sekidera Komachi." Like Chu-no-mai, there are Taiko Sandan-no-mai and Daisho Sandan-no-mai. In Kyogen, it is a simplified dance that imitates Noh's Sandan-no-mai. Like Chu-no-mai, it is a Ryuchukan style of music, but the overall performance is light, the flute melody has a sense of elegance, and the percussion instruments (kotsuzumi, otsuzumi, taiko) are limited to a simple hand arrangement of the Mitsuji style.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

能，狂言の舞事（まいごと）の名。能の場合は中ノ舞（ちゆうのまい）の一種で，中ノ舞の楽式は正式五段であるのを略式三段にするが，舞い手がツレまたは子方のときは正式が三段であるので，特に三段ノ舞と称する。《竹生島》《嵐山》《鶴亀》《正尊（しようぞん）》《関寺小町》などで舞われる。中ノ舞と同様，太鼓三段ノ舞と大小三段ノ舞とがある。狂言の場合は，能の三段ノ舞を模して簡略化した舞事。中ノ舞と同じく呂中干（りよちゆうかん）形式の囃子であるが，総体に軽みを帯びた演奏で，笛の旋律は飄逸味を感じさせ，打楽器(小鼓，大鼓，太鼓)は三ツ地（みつじ）系の単純な手組に終始する。

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