Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property

Title:

Konba sasara shishimai tenmaku, shishigashira oyobi tengumen

Komba Sasara Lion Dance Tent, Lion Heads and Tengu Mask

今羽ささら獅子舞天幕、獅子頭及び天狗面

No. of features:

One collection

Designated:

March 30, 2007

Location:

Kombacho, Kita Ward

Owner:

The Komba Sasara Lion Preservation Society

Description:

These implements belong to the lion dances formerly performed during Autumn Festivals at the Hikawa-jinja and Raiden-jinja Shrines (Kombacho, Kita Ward) as an offering in the hope of a plentiful harvest.

In addition to the lion heads and tengu mask, which are said to have been restored in 1775, the tent, made of 40 tan (measurement for fabric) of cotton sewn together, has "created by Komba village parishioners during the August festival of 1856 " dyed within an aizome (indigo-dye) circle. The box that holds the lion heads also bears an inscription in ink from the same year.

Associated Texts:

(1986). “Cultural Properties in Omiya” (vol. 2). Omiya Board of Education.

(2007). “Survey Report on Saitama City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 8). Saitama Municipal Board of Education.

This cultural property is not available for public viewing.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/019/003/003/p002929.html