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Japanese: 磯等 - いそら

The title of a Kagura song sung at Mikagura. It is also called Isora-ga-saki or Isora-zaki. Currently, it is only used at the Kanname-sai festival. The Nabeshima Hon Kagura-uta, a book written in the late Heian period, notes that it was selected as a Kagura song during the Jogan era (859-877). The current lyrics are: "Originally, at Isora-ga-saki, fishermen fishing for sea bream also fish for sea bream. Later, for the sake of my younger sister, fishermen fishing for sea bream also fish for sea bream." The name Isora-ga-saki (Ise) also appears in the Yudate-uta, and it is said to be related to the undersea god Azumi-no-Isora.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

御神楽（みかぐら）に歌う神楽歌の曲名。《磯等前（いそらがさき）》《磯良崎》ともいう。現在は神嘗祭にだけ用いられる。平安末期書写の《鍋島本神楽歌》に貞観年間(859‐877)神楽歌に撰定されたとの注記がある。現行の歌詞は，〈本（もと）　磯等が崎に　鯛釣る海人も　鯛釣る　末（すえ）　我妹子（わぎもこ）が為と　鯛釣る海人も　鯛釣る〉。磯等が崎(伊勢)の名は湯立歌（ゆだてうた）にも見え，海底の神安曇磯良（あずみのいそら）と関係があるかといわれる。

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