KOSUZU FUJISHIRO                                           Japan ; 藤白小鈴

The story of deities and WOMEN'S LIVES

Traditional female performing arts・・The early dances of 歌舞伎; kabuki, performed by the troops of Kyōto in the early seventeenth century, were adapted from the nembutsu smells and a type of furyū called yayako odori.

"舞妓;MAIKO","芸妓;GEIKO(GEISHA)" were taught in arts such as classical dance and traditional drumming.
In Japan,Shintō ceremony, entertainment originate in deity faith to nature,among which women have played an important role as priestesses and entertainers. A shrine maiden is a woman who receives prophecy of a spirital gesture and entrusts priestess on behalf of the god of deity.The protagonist of Kagura, essential to the shrine 's deities, was the 巫女;miko' s role.

"招魂;inviting soul","鎮魂;reposing soul", "魂振;awakening soul" done in front of the shrine, the singing dance at that time is a Kagura of "playing front of deity", a premonition event that prays for rich cultivation by simulating the rice cultivation work is "田遊び;Taasobi" (Onda). 　Both are related to the natural seasons and are carried out in Shintō ceremony and events, and develop into arts."Taasobi" are rites in which the entire rice-growing cycle from planting to harvest is symbolically acted out.

Japanese mythology

古事記;Kojiki;Records of Ancient Matters

In the Japanese myth "KOJIKI",

it is written that deities are invisible"隠身;KAKURIMI”. 

That is the power of nature. Its power will also give us benefits but bring disasters as well. Humans can not understand the whole of their existence forever. Because its existence is also changing.

Mythology of MOON in JAPAN

The moon deity"月読神;TUKUYOMI"appears in the Japanese myth "Kojiki" 1,300 years ago. This moon deity is brothers with the sun deity "AMATERASU" and her younger brother deity "SUSANOO" , but "TUKUYOMI" does not do anything compared to its active two deities.In myth "Kojiki",there are two more myth of similar three-deities, which is the basic structure of Kojiki. These metaphorical stories expresses an accommodative philosophy of " two different Sense of values and Thought " in Japan.

KOSUZU FUJISHIRO                                                                                   Japan ; 藤白小鈴

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