Twelve Seats Kagura - Jyuunizakagura

Japanese: 十二座神楽 - じゅうにざかぐら

In Kagura music, one piece is counted as one performance, but Twelve Seats Kagura is the name given when twelve Kagura pieces are performed as a basic set. Most Kagura are of the Izumo school, and are also called Twelve Kagura or Twelve Number Kagura. Sada Shinnou in Shimane Prefecture also has 12 performances, but it is not specifically called Twelve Seats Kagura. As for the Sato Kagura of Edo, it is based on twelve performances, as described in Yamazaki Minari's Kairoku (1837): "The dances known as the twelve seats of Kagura that are used today are the Haji dances that originated about 150 years ago."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

神楽曲は1曲を1座と数えるが，十二座神楽は12曲の神楽を奏することを基本とする場合の名称。ほとんど出雲流の神楽で，十二神楽，十二番神楽の名称もある。島根県の佐陀神能（さだしんのう）も12番行われるが，これはとくに十二座神楽の名称はない。江戸の里神楽は山崎美成の《海録》(1837成立)に〈今用ゆる神楽の十二座などいへる舞は，土師（はじ）の舞とておほかた百五十年ばかりも前かたにいで来にける也〉とあり，十二座を基本とする。

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