Hayashimono (musical accompaniment) - Hayashimono

Japanese: 囃し物(囃子物) - はやしもの

This is a type of performing art of the Furyuu style that was popular in the late Middle Ages, and is also written as "Hyōshimono". The performance mainly focuses on elegant umbrellas, and involves people in elaborate costumes and artifacts, accompanied by flutes, drums, small drums, and gongs, and often includes singing. A dozen or so people form a group and go around key locations while accompany- ing the Matsubayashi festival on New Year's Day, the Sagichō festival, Bon festivals, and festivals, and the specific details of these are described in the Kanmon Nikki and Katsuragawa Jizo-ki. From the mid-Muromachi period onwards, dancers began to accompany the musicians, and Furyu Odori was born.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世後期に流行した風流（ふりゆう）系の芸能で，〈拍子物〉とも記す。芸態は風流傘などを中心に，趣向のある仮装をした者や作り物などを，笛，太鼓，小鼓，鉦（かね）などで囃すもので，歌謡をともなう例も多い。十数人から数十人の者が組をつくり，正月の松囃子（まつばやし），左義長（さぎちよう），盆，祭礼などに囃しながら要所をまわるが，その具体的ようすは《看聞日記》や《桂川地蔵記》に詳しい。室町時代中期以降には，囃子物のまわりに踊り衆が付くようになり，風流踊が誕生する。

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