Tanabata Dance - Tanabata Dance

Japanese: 七夕踊 - たなばたおどり

Tanabata dance by young girls was popular from the early Edo period to the Kyoho era (1716-36). It is a type of Bon dance and was also called Komachi dance. In his book "Ina no Nakaji," Sugae Masumi describes the Tanabata dance he saw in Senba, Shinshu (Senba, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture) on the night of Tanabata in 1783 (Tenmei 3), writing, "As if to move away, standing in a pure and clear sky, the menohara gathered in great numbers, and singing with their sasaras, how they will admonish the stars this night." He also writes that on the night of the welcoming fire on July 13, a dance similar to the Tanabata dance was paraded through the town. The Ashigara Sasara Dance of Minamiashigara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, was originally a dance performed by young girls and is said to have descended from the Tanabata Dance. They sing early modern folk songs to the accompaniment of the Binzasara and small drums. The Bon Dance of Kinuki, Unnan City, Shimane Prefecture, is also called the Tanabata Dance. At the Tanabata Dance of Ichiki, Ozato, Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture, young men perform a drum dance and parade around with dolls of deer, tigers, and cows. (→Furyu Dance)

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Japanese:

江戸時代初期から享保年間（1716～36）頃に流行した少女による七夕の踊り。盆踊の一種で，小町踊とも呼ばれた。菅江真澄は『伊那の中路』のなかで，天明3（1783）年の七夕の晩に信州洗馬（長野県松本市洗馬）で見た七夕踊について，「身のけそう，きよらによそひたちて，めのわらは，あまたむれつどひ，さゝらすりもてうたひごち，こよひや，ほしをいさめ奉るならん」と，美しく装った少女たちが，ささらをすって歌をうたいながら踊る様子を記している。また 7月13日の迎え火の晩にも，七夕踊と同様の少女による踊りが街を練っていたことを記している。神奈川県南足柄市の足柄ささら踊りは，本来は少女の踊りで，七夕踊の系譜をひくといわれ，びんざさらと小太鼓の囃子に合わせて近世歌謡をうたいながら踊る。また，島根県雲南市の木次の盆踊は，七夕踊りと呼ばれている。鹿児島県いちき串木野市大里の市来の七夕踊では，青年たちによる太鼓踊が，シカ，トラ，ウシのつくりものとともに練り歩く。（→風流踊）

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