Hosai Nembutsu - Hosai Nembutsu

Japanese: 泡斎念仏 - ほうさいねんぶつ

〘Noun〙 A type of dancing nembutsu. It was started in Edo city during the Keicho era ( 1596-1615 ) by the Hitachi monk Housai to raise funds for temple repairs. Later, around the Kanei era ( 1624-1644 ), it came to mean that beggars would place artificial flowers on their hats, beat with drums and gongs, and dance through the city chanting nembutsu. ※Hyōbanki Sozo Monogatari (1641) - The name of a ko-maiko-tayuu underachiever: "It's funny how a young monkey comes out and does all sorts of imitations, but it's funny how they do nembutsu and monkey shows."

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Japanese:

〘名〙踊り念仏の一種。慶長（一五九六‐一六一五）の頃、常陸の僧泡斎が寺院修理の勧進のため江戸市中で始めたもの。後、寛永（一六二四‐四四）頃からは、物乞いが造花を笠にさし、太鼓・鉦で拍子をとり、市中を踊りながら念仏をとなえ回ったものをいう。※評判記・そぞろ物語（1641）哥舞妓太夫下手の名をうる事「取分猿若出て、色々の物まねするこそおかしけれ、はうさい念仏、猿まわし」

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