Takeshi Abe

Takeshi Abe

The Tohoku (Northeast) region of Japan’s main island that suffered such devastation in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (3/11/2011) is also a region known for its wealth of folk arts such as “kagura” ritual dances performed since ancient times as offerings to please the patron gods of local shrines, “shishiodori” dances performed with a headdress modeled after a stag deer’s head and horns, the explosive “kenbai” dances performed while wielding a sword and stamping firmly on the ground and the “toramai” dances performed in tiger-like costume.

“asapro Mukei Bunkazai Eizo Library” (Asahi Products Intangible Cultural Assets Video Library)
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