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165:, a Shuri-based group of puppeteers, who also had mainland Japanese roots. Folklorist Shinjō Toshio argued that what Miyara Chōjū learned must have been Taichū's one. Sakai Masako, a researcher on folk music, questioned Shinjō's theory. Pointing out that Yaeyama has a larger repository of nenbutsu songs than Okinawa, she presumed multiple origins of nenbutsu songs. It was considered taboo to sing nenbutsu songs out of season. 185:
and the other is of commoners in rural communities and remote islands. He argued that the latter had better preserved its traditional way. In the samurai communities of Ishigaki, a group of people with drums
200:(親の御恩, or Nzō Nenbutsu 無蔵念仏) was sung to mark the beginning, and dancers clap with the beat. Dances and songs alternate with question and answer, in which two masked character 208:(old woman) represent ancestral spirits and answer in a humorous way to questions about the afterlife asked by villagers. Kishaba noted that what distinguished samurai's 140: 143:
traveled to Okinawa to pay tribute. It is known from other sources that by that time nenbutsu practice had spread to the capital Shuri–Naha region of
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parades around houses of each village. They enter a house that is surrounded by a larger number of spectators. Once everyone sits,
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dances are performed in the garden. A group of people forms a circle. In the center people sing and play drums, flutes, gongs and
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traditions can be divided into two groups: one is performed by the four samurai communities of
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songs. According to the genealogy of the San'yō lineage, nenbutsu practice was brought from
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dance) is a style of dancing that is performed in many communities of
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from the rural one was that the former was an indoor performance.
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in Okinawan). Some argue that it might mean "disguise of a mask".
192: 41: 106:(possibly a diminutive suffix). Another theory relates 60:(精霊)) in Yaeyama. A related performance is known as 275: 248: 125:shares its mainland Japanese origin with Okinawa's 331: 353: 336:宗教(2)‐仏教の伝播と信仰‐". In Miyara Takahiro 宮良高弘 (ed.). 374: 74:, the northern community performs a dance named 271: 269: 267: 244: 242: 240: 23: 129:. The songs to which people dance are called 291: 264: 237: 90:There is no consensus on the etymology of 325: 347: 297: 375: 139:in 1657 when Yaeyama's samurai leader 78:while the southern community performs 117: 334:Shūkyō 2: Bukkyō no denpa to shinkō 227:Nenbutsu" (仲順念仏) were mainly sung. 13: 14: 409: 173:According to the local historian 365:(in Japanese). pp. 313–337. 343:(in Japanese). pp. 173–214. 304:. E.J. Brill. pp. 198–199. 287:(in Japanese). pp. 387–390. 260:(in Japanese). pp. 335–363. 251:Yaeyama guntō ni okeru bon gyōji 168: 102:(possibly meaning mother) and * 1: 276:Kishaba Eijun 喜舎場永珣 (1977). " 249:Kishaba Eijun 喜舎場永珣 (1977). " 230: 332:Shinjō Toshio 新城敏男 (1973). " 298:Ouwehand, Cornelius (1985). 85: 7: 354:Sakai Masako 酒井正子 (1996). " 10: 414: 339:Yaeyama no shakai to bunka 24: 361:Amami utakake no diarōgu 94:. One theory decomposes 215:In rural communities, 278:Angama to Nzoninbujā 52:, which is known as 283:Yaeyama minzoku-shi 256:Yaeyama minzoku-shi 110:to "elder sister" ( 383:Buddhism in Japan 311:978-90-04-07710-2 118:Nenbutsu practice 405: 367: 366: 356:Chondarā no kage 351: 345: 344: 329: 323: 322: 320: 318: 295: 289: 288: 273: 262: 261: 246: 29: 27: 26: 413: 412: 408: 407: 406: 404: 403: 402: 398:Yaeyama culture 388:Dances of Japan 373: 372: 371: 370: 352: 348: 330: 326: 316: 314: 312: 296: 292: 285:Vol.I 八重山民族誌 上巻 274: 265: 258:Vol.I 八重山民族誌 上巻 253:八重山群島における盆行事". 247: 238: 233: 183:Ishigaki Island 171: 151:(1552–1639), a 120: 88: 46:Yaeyama Islands 21: 12: 11: 5: 411: 401: 400: 395: 390: 385: 369: 368: 346: 324: 310: 290: 280:「アンガマ」と無蔵念仏". 263: 235: 234: 232: 229: 204:(old man) and 170: 167: 157:Mutsu Province 145:Okinawa Island 119: 116: 87: 84: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 410: 399: 396: 394: 393:Ritual dances 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 380: 378: 364: 360: 357: 350: 342: 338: 335: 328: 313: 307: 303: 302: 294: 286: 282: 279: 272: 270: 268: 259: 255: 252: 245: 243: 241: 236: 228: 226: 222: 218: 213: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 194: 189: 184: 180: 176: 175:Kishaba Eijun 166: 164: 163: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 133: 128: 124: 115: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 83: 81: 77: 73: 72:Kohama Island 69: 65: 64: 59: 55: 51: 47: 43: 39: 35: 34: 20: 19: 363:奄美歌掛けのディアローグ 362: 359: 355: 349: 340: 337: 333: 327: 315:. Retrieved 300: 293: 284: 281: 277: 257: 254: 250: 224: 220: 216: 214: 209: 205: 201: 197: 191: 187: 178: 172: 169:Performances 160: 141:Miyara Chōjū 130: 122: 121: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 89: 80:Minma buduri 79: 75: 61: 57: 53: 50:Bon Festival 37: 33:angama odori 32: 31: 17: 16: 15: 358:チョンダラーの影". 198:Uya nu Ugun 48:during the 377:Categories 231:References 155:monk from 341:八重山の社会と文化 153:Jōdo sect 86:Etymology 317:31 March 162:Chondarā 132:nenbutsu 68:Hateruma 225:Chonjon 221:sanshin 202:Ushumai 193:sanshin 63:mushāma 308:  217:angama 210:angama 190:) and 179:angama 149:Taichū 137:Ryūkyū 123:Angama 108:angama 98:into * 96:angama 92:angama 76:jiruku 58:shōryō 56:(< 38:angama 18:Angama 188:taiko 112:angwā 70:. In 54:sōrin 42:Japan 319:2012 306:ISBN 127:Eisā 104:gama 25:アンガマ 206:Nmi 66:in 44:'s 30:or 379:: 266:^ 239:^ 177:, 100:an 82:. 321:. 186:( 36:( 28:) 22:(

Index

Japan
Yaeyama Islands
Bon Festival
mushāma
Hateruma
Kohama Island
Eisā
nenbutsu
Ryūkyū
Miyara Chōjū
Okinawa Island
Taichū
Jōdo sect
Mutsu Province
Chondarā
Kishaba Eijun
Ishigaki Island
sanshin






Hateruma: socio-religious aspects of a South-Ryukyuan island culture
ISBN
978-90-04-07710-2
Categories
Buddhism in Japan
Dances of Japan

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