花輪鹿子踊り

根城館に居を構えた閉伊(へい)頼基(よりもと)の家臣、花輪次郎なる者が芸を好んで旅をし、越後から習い覚えたのが始まりと言われる。寛永８年（1631）には、花輪殿様で知られる南部29代重信(しげのぶ)公が、花輪より盛岡に召される時の御供につき、盛岡城の御前で披露して南部家の九曜紋と向鶴の紋の使用を許されたといわれている。
毎年、４月の華森神社例大祭で奉納し、盆の15日には花輪伝承館で鹿子踊りを披露して祖先を供養している。
花輪小学校、花輪中学校で伝承活動が行われている。

Hei Yorimoto, who had made his home at Nejo Castle, had a vassal called Hanawa Jiro who was a performing arts enthusiast. This Hanawa is said to have learned this dance while traveling around in Echigo. In 1631, he accompanied Nanbu Shigenobu – the twenty-ninth head of the Nanbu clan, affectionately known as “Hanawa Tonosama” (Lord Hanawa) – when the latter was summoned to Morioka from Hanawa. He performed the dance at Morioka Castle, and was granted the use of the Nanbu clan’s kuyo (nine-star) and mukaizuru (facing cranes) crests.
Every year, the dance is dedicated to the gods at Hanamori Shrine’s annual festival in April, and is performed on August 15 during the Bon Festival at the Hanawa Tradition Museum, to pray for the souls of ancestors.

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