Category:

Municipal Intangible Folk Cultural Property

Title:

Sashiogi no mochitsuki odori

Sashiogi Mochitsuki Dance

指扇の餅搗き踊り

Designated:

April 30, 2003

Preservation Group

Sashiogi District Mochitsuki Dance Preservation Society

Location:

Gomikaido Community Center (291 Sashiogi, Nishi Ward )

Event Date

January 1st

Description:

In the past, this dance was called "Bessho no Settai Mochi" and was performed by request for celebrations such the completion of a new building or a shichi-go-san coming-of-age ceremony. The dance consists of "Shinsho-Pounding," in which rice cakes are actually pounded, "Kyokuzuki-pounding," in which an empty mortar is pounded with a small pestle in an acrobatic style, and a "Mansaku Dance," performed in between these two dances. During the “Kyokuzuki-pounding” spectators are awed by the synchronized acrobatics of four performers. Currently, the dance is performed on New Year's Eve at the Gomikaido Community Center in Sashiogi, the "Sashiogi Festival" held in August, and other local events.

Associated Texts:

"Saitama City Cultural Property Survey Report" Volume 4 (Saitama City Board of Education, 2003)

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Gomikaido Community Center

Inquiries (Japanese only)

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

TEL: 048-829-1723 FAX: 048-829-1989

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