Narihira Dance - Narihira Dance

Japanese: 業平躍 - なりひらおどり

This is a collection of dance songs representative of young Kabuki. It is included in the Shiogama Shrine collection of "Narihira Dance 16," which has a colophon dated 1681. There is no consensus as to when these songs were performed, by what roles, or what the dance called Narihira Dance actually was, but since it is written under the catalog that "Narihira Dance is a daisho-sho kyogen," it is believed that they were originally sung in daisho-sho kyogen performed by kyogen actors in female Kabuki troupes, and then passed on to young Kabuki via the kyogen actors.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

若衆歌舞伎の代表的な踊歌（おどりうた）を集めたもの。天和1年(1681)奥書のある塩釜神社蔵《業平躍十六番》に収められている。これらの歌謡がいつごろどういった役柄の役者によって踊られたのか，また業平躍という踊りの実態などについての定説はないが，目録の下に〈業平躍とは大小狂言〉と記されているので，女歌舞伎の座の中で狂言師たちによって演じられていた大小狂言で歌われていたものが，狂言師を経て若衆歌舞伎に伝えられたものと思われる。

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