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Historically, the word shishi may refer to any wild four-legged animal, and some of these dances with different beasts may therefore also be referred to as shishi-mai. [58] The dance may also sometimes feature tigers (tora) or qilin (kirin). [67] Festival of Miyazaki Shrine, Japan. In Okinawa, a similar dance exists, though the lion there is ...
[3] [4] Daimokutate A medieval Japanese performance art that combined recitation with mimetic movement. It served as a precursor to later theatrical forms and was often performed by shrine personnel. Dainichido Bugaku A ritual dance tradition from Hachimantai, Iwate Prefecture, recognized as an Important Intangible Cultural Property.
Shishi kagura – a form of lion dance, in which a group of dancers take on the role of the lion (shishi) and parade around the town. The lion mask and costume is seen as, in some ways, embodying the spirit of the lion, and this is a form of folk worship and ritual, as other forms of lion dances are in Japan and elsewhere.
The origin of Noh mai can be traced back to as far as the fourteenth century. [5] [6] Noh mai is a dance that is done to music that is made by flutes and small hand drums called tsuzumi. [7] At various points the performers dance to vocal and percussion music; these points are called kuse or kiri. Noh mai dances are put together by a series of ...
Foo Dog in Tattoo Art. Meaning and Design Ideas. A blog about the adventures of a Foo Dog statue all over the United States. Netsuke: masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains many representations of Chinese guardian lions
Renjishi (連獅子), or Two Lions, is a kabuki dance with lyrics written by Kawatake Mokuami, choreography by Hanayagi Jusuke I and music by Kineya Shōjirō III and Kineya Katsusaburō II, first performed in 1872.
an excerpt of the book Your Best Year Yet! by Jinny S. Ditzler This document is a 35-page excerpt, including the Welcome chapter of the book and Part 1: The Principles of Best Year Yet – three hours to change your life First published by HarperCollins in 1994 and by Warner Books in 1998
Tomori shisa. Shisa (Japanese: シーサー, Hepburn: shīsā, Okinawan: シーサー, romanized: shiisaa) is a traditional Ryukyuan cultural artifact and decoration derived from Chinese guardian lions, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology.