New Mohe

Japanese: 新靺鞨 - しんまか

The name of a piece of gagaku and bugaku music. It is included in Komagaku and is in the Goryeo Ichikotsu style. It is a four-person dance, Bun no mai (Heimai). The pair dance is Saisourou. The performers wear special costumes for this piece, a Chinese crown, a scepter in hand and a shimozaya on their waist. The top two of the four dancers wear red robes, and the remaining two wear green robes. The dancers perform unusual movements not seen in other dances, such as going up on the stage in pairs, bowing twice while sitting upright, and lying sideways.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

雅楽，舞楽の曲名。高麗（こま）楽にふくまれ高麗壱越（いちこつ）調。四人舞の文ノ舞(平舞)。番舞（つがいまい）は《採桑老（さいそうろう）》。この曲用の別装束を着，唐冠（とうかんむり）をかぶり，笏を手に下鞘（しもざや）を腰につけて舞う。4人の舞人のうち上位の2人は赤い袍（ほう）を，あとの2人は緑の袍を着る。舞人が2人ずつ並んで舞台に上ったり，正座して再拝したり，横向きに臥せるなど他の舞にみられない珍しい動きをする。

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