10/01/2021

Manzai New Year

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manzai 漫才 . 万歳 / banzai 萬歳 New Year Dancers

Manzai Dancers by Hanabusa Itchō 英 一蝶
This print is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

. Manzai and the New Year .
- Introduction -
Mikawa manzai 三河万歳(みかわまんざい)from Mikawa (Nagoya)
Yamato manzai 大和万歳(やまとまんざい)from Yamato (Nara)
Oowari manzai 尾張万歳(おわりまんざい)from Owari (Nagoya)

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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


................................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県
揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town / 漫才岩 Manzai-Iwa

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 - racoon dog, badger legends .
A group of Manzai dancers coming from Aichi, 三河 Mikawa, were asked
to perform a dance by a man who was resting in the shadow of a rock.
They climbed the rock and danced.
The man gave them a lot of money, but when they reached the village, the money had turned into tree leaves.
The villagers told them that there lived a vicious tanuki 狸 badger near the rock.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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