Ebisu-kaki

Japanese: 夷舁き - えびすかき

Based at Nishinomiya Shrine in Nishinomiya, Settsu, they visited houses in the spring, dancing with a dancing ebi doll in a box hanging from their neck, and gave blessings, distributing talismans depicting the image of the ebi god. They are also called ebi-mawashi. The image of an ebi fishing for sea bream gained the faith of fishermen, but many of them performed simple plays in pairs, and appeared in Kyoto from the Tenbun era (1532-55) onwards, and were even invited to the Imperial Court. Except for the spring Kadozuke (door-to-door performances), a group of several to several dozen people performed plays using large puppet-type puppets.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

摂津西宮の西宮神社を本拠地とし，首掛けの箱に入れた夷人形を舞わしながら，春の時期に家々を訪れ祝福するとともに，夷神の御姿を描いた札を配った宗教芸能者。夷まわしともいう。鯛を釣る夷の姿は漁家の信仰を得たが，多くは2人1組で簡単な劇なども演じ，天文年間(1532‐55)以降京都に姿をみせ禁裏などにも推参。春季の門付（かどづけ）以外には数人から数十人が一座して，大型の傀儡（くぐつ）系人形を用いて劇を演じた。

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