Category:

Prefecturally Designated Tangible Folk Cultural Property

Title:

Nakamotoke kagurashi yogu

Nakamoto Family Kagura Implements
中本家神楽師用具

No. of features:

294 pieces

Designated:

March 19, 1999

Location:

Saitama City Museum (opens to new page)

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama City

Description:

The Nakamoto Family primarily performed at Omiya Hikawa-jinja Shrine.

They used these costumes and implements in kagura and masked theater performances.

“Kagura” is a broad category of folk dances with ties to the Shinto religion. Kagura performances were often followed by community drama performances that included amateur kabuki, masked kyogen, and samurai dramas.

This collection brings together 294 items used during the Taisho and Showa eras (1912-1989), including materials for kagura (kagura masks, costumes, “torimono” props, instruments, curtains, etc.) and materials used in community theater performances (      masked theater masks, costumes, small props, etc.). The costumes are rich in detail and variety, and many are handmade.

These items have become references that help us understand the “satokagura” once performed in the southern region of Saitama Prefecture.

Associated Texts:

(2002). “Survey Report on Saitama Prefecture’s Designated Cultural Properties” (vol. 22). Saitama Prefectural Board of Education.

Please be courteous towards other visitors, locals, and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

This collection is occasionally on public display. Please contact the Saitama City Museum for details.

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/004/005/006/001/019/003/002/p000193.html