上椎葉神楽 について
First Sunday of November Itsukushima Shrine Festival in Shiiba
2nd Saturday-Sunday Dec Night kagura festival
Place Shimofukura Aza Kami-Shiiba, Shiiba Itsukushima Shrine and Kagura Yado.
The kagura inn rotates between the upper and lower wards for one year. The four tatami mats in the dei no ma are used as the shrine and a high heaven is set up at the back of the front of the building. The kagura is said to be of the Rokushiki and Izumo-type, and a kagura mask used around the Kan'ei era (1,600 - 1,650) has been preserved. In the past, kagura was performed in turns in the three villages of Kami-shiiba, Sada and Mochida, and at the Shiiba Itsukushima Shrine Festival on 15 November of the lunar calendar, 33 numbers were danced on the 14th, the day before the festival, and 5 and 6 were also performed on the same day. Unfortunately, the kagura inn was destroyed by fire in November 1948, and old documents and kagura tools related to kagura were lost, forcing its temporary extinction, but it was restored in its original form in 1972 and has continued to the present day.
Two festivals are held: the Autumn Festival (first Sunday of November) and the Winter Festival (night kagura festival, second Saturday to Sunday of December) to thank for a good harvest, good health and the prosperity of descendants.
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Kamishiiha Kagura 'Kanshii', Kamishiiha Kagura, Shimofukura district -
