白銀四頭権現神楽保存会

白銀四頭権現神楽は、権現様と呼ばれる獅子頭を奉持し、寺社や家々を訪れ、家内安全や厄払い、豊作豊漁、供養など様々な願いに応じて、儀式的な演目や演劇的な演目を演じる山伏系神楽の一つです。
宝暦8年(1758)銘の獅子頭が受け継がれており、市内でも有数の歴史を有します。例年元旦から数日間行う春祈祷では白銀地区の各家を門付けするほか、7月6、7日には白銀地区に鎮座する三嶋神社の例祭で十数演目を奉納するなど、白銀地区を中心に活動しています。
現在演目は権現舞、墓獅子、三番叟、番楽、鳥舞、翁舞、山の神、三宝荒神、普将荒神、竜天、武士舞、曽我兄弟、剣舞、盆舞、機織り、壇ノ浦錣引、羅生門、鞍馬、浦島太郎など多数伝承しています。八戸市指定無形民俗文化財。

The Shirogane Shito Gongen Kagura has been inherited in Shirogane community in Hachinohe city. It falls in the category of yamabushi (mountain hermit) kagura which performs ritualistic or theatrical pieces according to contexts such as prayer for safety of family, bountiful crop or rich haul, exorcism, and service for the dead, visiting temples, shrines and houses with shishigashira worshipped as gongen-sama. Their current repertory consists of 18 items. In Hachinohe, they are the only group that maintains the female dance, meanwhile their theatrical pair dance is only shared by the Same Kagura. The Shirogane Shito Gongen Kagura, typically in Hachinohe, can be considered as a part of the same lineage of kagura in the northern part of Iwate prefecture, regarding the performance structure and rhythm. Despite its similarity with the Same Kagura, many gestures are found specific to this dance.

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