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What is the name in Japan of the kind of dance that Japanese geishas do in kimonos and with fans?

Traditional Japanese dance... Separated into 5 major schools... Hanayanagi... Wakayanagi... Fujima... Nishikawa Ryu... And Sakato-ryu... In addition to the 5 major schools... There are more than 200 smaller styles... There are different kinds of Japanese dance... And in Memoirs of a Geisha... Zhang Ziyi dances a traditional dance... It's called Kamigata Odori... It's also called the Zashiki dance... When it's done... It's accompanied by a traditional Japanese instrument.. It's also called "Chanting Dance"... It's a tradition that originated... Kyoto... "in the old Imperial Palace. It was developed... So... It's also called the Kyoto dance... It's a dance... Regardless of the style... All have the same characteristic... It has to be danced indoors... In front of a screen... Sometimes... In front of the dancers... A lighted candle is placed in front of the dancer... When the dancer dances... No matter what they do... They can't put it out... Except for the fan... Some schools... They also use umbrellas... Puppets, etc... In some shows... The dancers wear masks... To represent a particular role... This dance originated in the late Edo period... There are four major styles of Kamigata dance... Abbreviated as "Kamigata 4 Streams"... They are Yamamura-ryu... Cerca Moto Ryu... Inoue-ryu .... and Yoshimura-ryu... Of these... Yamamura-ryu is the largest school of kamaboko dance in Japan... Japan's largest school of kamishibai... Cerca Moto Ryu represents Osaka Prefecture... And the Inoue and Yoshimura styles... Are from the base of the Ujigami dance .... Kyoto Prefecture ..........