Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional customs - "What is the name of the folk dance of the Muromachi period in Japan?

"What is the name of the folk dance of the Muromachi period in Japan?

"Furyu Kabuki" is a generic term for folk dances from the Muromachi period in Japan. "Furyu, also known as "Nenbutsu Odori," was created in the context of Japan's openness and the wealth of the nation. It is a ritual performance that has been influenced by the Men Ran Bun Odori, a folkloric soul-sacrifice song and dance from mainland China. The Menglanben Odori dance was also influenced by the Han and Tang folk dances, the Tap Ge. It is mainly "dancing", with singing in the dance, and most of the singing is the popular "small songs" at that time, accompanied by big drums. Dance performances are very large, sometimes up to several hundred people, usually performed in the rituals of the dead, and later evolved into folk arts and crafts Nianfo dance, then, the dance has lost its original function, and become a folk dance of the people's self-entertainment and self-enjoyment.

The art of Kabuki was born in the Tokugawa Shogunate era and flourished in the Edo period. It is a theater performing art formed under the influence of various types of Japanese song and dance arts, and it has an inherited relationship with Japanese mairaku, nogaku, and ningyo joruri. Kabuki dances were first performed by women, and were banned by the government because the art of Kabuki performed by women became a source of social unrest during the samurai era. Later, the art of Kabuki was performed by beautiful young men, and was called "Wakaso Kabuki Dance". In the first year of the Seito era, which corresponds to the 17th year of the Chongzhen era in China, the Japanese government changed the ban and began to prohibit Wakizashi Kabuki performances, preventing men from dressing as women, and from then on, Kabuki was gradually changed to women's performances. Women's Kabuki dance to performance-oriented, colorful costumes, costumes and action lines skillfully integrated, showing the unique beauty.

There are six main types of dance forms in Kabuki, namely, the Flying Rokkata, the Danmae Rokkata, the Grasping Rokkata, the Toshiro Rokkata, the Swimming Rokkata, and the Za Rokkata, which are also known as the "Art of the Rokkata".