Hayashimai - Hayashi

Japanese: 囃子舞 - はやしまい

Among the dances performed in kyogen and festivals around the country, this is a performing art in which the performers dance with entertaining gestures and hand movements while chanting words such as "Merry, happy" to enliven the atmosphere. In kyogen, it is incorporated into the small dance "Uzura Mai" that appears in "Kirokuda" and "Jizo Mai," and is performed to the accompaniment of chanting "Don't look at the quail dance" and "Don't look at the Jizo dance." Also, in the "Okura Toraakira Hon Kyogenshu" from the early Edo period, many dances can be seen, such as the "Plum Dance," "Fan Dance," "Brush Dance," "Bird Dance," "Shell Dance," "Chrysanthemum Dance," "Star Dance," "Moon Dance," "Ferry Dance," "Pull Dance," "Pine Dance," and "Uttare Dance" (→Okura Toraakira). It has also been passed down among folk performing arts, and the Ayakomai dance performed at Kurohime Shrine in Metani, Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture, has 22 songs with lyrics that are common to the "Okura Toraakirahon Kyogenshu," such as "Ebisu Mai," "Daikoku Mai," "Saitori Mai," "Ureshiki Mai," "Kame no Mai," "Shojo Mai," "Sakana Sashi Mai," and "Danjiri Mai." Similar dances exist in Aomori, Iwate, and Akita prefectures.

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Japanese:

狂言や各地の祭礼で演じられる舞のうち，まわりから囃されて「めでたいなめでたいな」などの場をもりたてる詞を唱えながら，身ぶり手ぶりもおもしろく舞う芸能。狂言では『木六駄』に登場する小舞「鶉舞（うずらまい）」や，『地蔵舞』のうちに取り入れられ，「鶉舞をみさいな」「地蔵舞をみさいな」と囃しながら舞う。また，江戸時代初期の『大蔵虎明本狂言集』にも，「梅の舞」「扇の舞」「筆の舞」「鳥の舞」「貝の舞」「菊の舞」「星の舞」「月の舞」「船の舞」「引たる舞」「松之舞」「打たる舞」など多数見られる（→大蔵虎明）。民俗芸能のなかにも伝えられ，新潟県柏崎市女谷の黒姫神社で行なわれている綾子舞にも，「恵比寿舞」「大黒舞」「指鳥舞（さいとりまい）」「うれしき舞」「亀の舞」「猩々舞」「肴さし舞」「だんじり舞」など，『大蔵虎明本狂言集』と共通する曲を含めて 22曲の詞章が伝わっている。このほか，青森県や岩手県，秋田県にも同様の舞がある。

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