"KAGURA" Performed Between Tradition and Innovation : Ikuta Shrine at TEDxSannomiya

Ikuta Shrine - Kagura "Ikuamai"
(Speaker:Yasuhiro Sakai, Dancer: Sakura Miyazaki / Yuki Nakata / Kurumi Iwasaki / Rieko Sawada )

Ikuta Shrine is the most famous Shinto shrine in Kobe.
" Ikutamai " is kagura ( ' kagura ' is sacred music and dancing performed at a shrine).

Two men of the Takarazuka Music School created music and dance moves to Japanese poems made by Gotoba-in and Juntoku-in.
The dancers are women, but they dance in men's clothes such as long black lacquered hats (= ' Eboshi ' ) and green noshi ( 'noshi' is everyday clothes for nobles).

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