末角神楽

末角神楽は、早池峰神社氏子の願いを受けて、旧川井村大字小国字土沢の神道家豊坂(とよさか)因幡(いなば)が文政２年（1819）、津守(つもり)兵庫(ひょうご)から伝授を受け、氏子に伝えられた。毎年、８月の加茂神社、９月の早池峰新山神社の祭礼で神楽を奉納し、小正月には火祭りとして夜神楽を舞い、権現舞によって火伏せを祈願している。かつては、早池峰山を信仰する漁業者に請われて大漁成就、海上安全のため、三陸沿岸を廻った。
式六番と呼ばれる式舞(しきまい)（御神楽･翁･三番叟･八幡･山の神･岩戸開き）のほか、水神舞、普勝舞、
清剣舞などを伝承し、優雅な舞が特徴と言われる。

The Makkaku Kagura is said to have been imparted to Toyosaka Inaba, a practitioner of Shintoism from Oguni in former Kawai village, by Tsumori Hyogo in 1819. The dance is dedicated to the gods at festivals every year, in August at the Kamo Shrine, and in September at the Niiyama Shrine on Mt. Hayachine. At the first Full Moon Festival of each year, the gongenmai dance is performed as part of a fire festival to pray for fire safety, along with around eight pieces of kagura to bring blessing to the region.
Historically, fishermen who worshipped Mt. Hayachine would call for the dancers to visit settlements along the Sanriku coast, and perform kagura to ask the gods for a rich haul and protection at sea.
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