Loach scooping - Loach scooping

Japanese: 泥鰌掬 - どじょうすくい

This dance is based on the folk song "Yasugi-bushi" from Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture. The performers cover their cheeks with a hand towel, wear a sash, and wear kimono on their hips. They dance with a basket and scoop up loaches. The humorous movements make this dance very popular. It seems that the gesture of scooping up small fish has been considered humorous since ancient times. The late Heian period "Shin Sarugaku-ki" lists "Ebisukitoneri no Ashizukai" as a performance of "heartbreak," and "Ebisukitoneri no Ashizukai" appears in "Ryōjin Hishō."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

島根県安来（やすぎ）市の民謡〈安来節〉の踊り。手ぬぐいで頰かぶりをし，たすきをかけ，着物を尻はしょりに着て，ざるを手にドジョウをすくい取る振りで踊る。滑稽（こつけい）な振りで人気が高い。こうした小魚などをすくい取るしぐさは昔から滑稽なものとされていたようで，平安後期の《新猿楽記》には〈断腸解頤〉の芸として〈蝦漉舎人之足仕（えびすきとねりのあしづかい）〉が挙げられており，《梁塵秘抄》にも〈海老漉舎人，小魚（さい）漉舎人〉が見える。

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