小通鹿踊り

気仙地方の鹿踊りは、大抵行山流を名乗っているが小通鹿踊りも行山流に属し貞享年間、入谷村(現在の宮城県本吉郡)の善九郎という人が日頃市の金山で働き、その合間をみて小通部落の有志に伝授したのに始まるという。
前田鹿踊りの師匠も同じ善九郎なので同系統のものであるが、その後善九郎が教授した鹿踊りは途絶えしかかった時期があり、その為に宮城の石巻から著名な師匠を招いて新たに教えを受けたこともある。
嘉永5年(1852年)8月には同部落の松右衛門と言う人が東磐井郡大原山口集落（現岩手県一関市大東町大原山口）の喜平、喜三郎の両師匠を招いて教えを受け踊りの元が確立した。市指定1969年

As is common with shishiodori in Kesen region, the Kogayo Shishiodori belongs to the Gyozan School. Its origin is said to trace back to a man called Zenkuro from Iriya village (current Motoyoshi district in Miyagi prefecture) who taught it to the interested in Kogayo community while he was working at a gold mine in Hikoroichi, in Jokyo era (1684-1688). This was the same person as the master of the Maeda Shishiodori, then both of these shishiodori are in the same lineage. Meanwhile, since the shishiodori that Zenkuro conveyed was almost disappearing after his death, a renowned master was invited from Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture to maintain the form. In August of 1852, a man called Matsuemon from Kogayo invited the masters Kihei and Kizaburo from Ohara-Yamaguchi community, Higashi-Iwai district (current Ohara-Yamaguchi, Daitoh town, Ichinoseki city, Iwate prefecture) to teach them and eventually led to establish the core of the dance. Their shishiodori had originally been a branch of the Iriya school in Motoyoshi district in Miyagi prefecture, but later absorbed by the Ohara-Yamaguchi school in Higashi-Iwai district.
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