Ninomai - Ninomai

Japanese: 二ノ舞 - にのまい

The title of a Gagaku/Bugaku piece. It is in the Ichikotsu style of Togaku. It is a two-person dance called Bun no Mai (flat dance). It is performed after Ama. The pair dance is Soriko. The higher-ranking dancer wears a left-hand layered costume (without a robe) and an Emi mask (a smiling mask of an old man), and holds a bamboo pole in a Mushi (a kind of hat), while the lower-ranking dancer wears a right-hand layered costume and a Hare mask (a swollen mask of an old woman), and dances with a bamboo pole around their waist. While Ama is being performed, the dancer of Ninomai steps below the stage to watch the other dancers.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

雅楽･舞楽の曲名。唐楽の壱越（いちこつ）調。二人舞で文（ぶん）ノ舞(平舞)。《安摩（あま）》に続いて舞う。番舞（つがいまい）は《蘇利古（そりこ）》。上位の舞人は左方襲（かさね）装束(袍なし)に咲（えみ）面(老爺の笑った面)をつけ，牟子（むし）(帽子のようなもの)に篠竹をはさみ，下位の舞人は右方襲（かさね）装束に腫（はれ）面(老婆のはれただれた面)をつけ，腰に下笹をはさんで舞う。《安摩》を舞っている間に《二ノ舞》の舞人は舞台の下に出て舞を見ている。

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