Maimai - Maimai

Japanese: 舞々 - まいまい

Among the performing arts performed in the Middle Ages and early modern times, Kusemai and Kowakamai are considered to be the best. Sometimes the word Mai-yo is used to refer to people involved in this performing art. The word Mai-yo appears frequently in records from the Muromachi period, and it has been confirmed that people called Mai-yo existed in various provinces, such as Omi, Kawachi, Mino, Echizen, Wakasa, and Sagami. For example, in Sagami, Mai-yo Tenjuro Tayu was protected by the Later Hojo clan, and in addition to dancing, he was also involved in entertaining foreign guests, managing and controlling people, performers, and lower-ranking religious figures who came from various provinces, and even transporting them on horseback.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世および近世に行われた芸能で，曲舞（くせまい），幸若舞（こうわかまい）もその一流と考えられている。ときには舞々の語でこの芸能に携わる人々をさす場合もある。舞々という語は室町時代の記録にもしばしば見え，舞々とよばれる者は近江，河内，美濃，越前，若狭，相模などの諸国にもいたことが確認される。例えば，相模では舞々の天十郎（てんじゆうろう）太夫が後北条氏の保護を受け，舞以外でも外来の客人のもてなしや，諸国から流入する人々，芸能者，下級宗教者などの管理支配，さらには伝馬輸送などにも奉仕している。

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