About this event
The Tayasobimatsuri held every year on January 3 at Oguni Shrine is a traditional Shinto ritual performing art said to have originated in the middle of the Kamakura period. To pray for abundant harvests and the safety of livestock for the year, it mimetically portrays the rice cultivation process from paddy preparation to harvesting. It consists of 12 acts and is served by members of 36 former priestly families. The performance is rustic, and the mitate-gei (figurative art) centered on chanting verses rather than showy performing arts evokes ancient Noh. Greater emphasis is placed on praising invocations through the spiritual power of kotodama (the sacred power of words) rather than physical gestures. The ceremonial rite is performed at the worship hall (Haiden) and the Shinto ritual arts at the dance stage (Maiden), after which Go-o talismans and thrown rice cakes (nagemochi) are distributed to worshippers. It is a valuable cultural heritage designated as a "Shizuoka Prefecture Intangible Cultural Property" on April 15, 1960, and selected by the national government on March 7, 2007, as an "Intangible Folk Cultural Property for which measures such as recording should be taken."
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Totomi-no-Kuni Ichinomiya Oguni Shrine
3956-1 Ichinomiya, Mori-machi, Shuchi-gun, Shizuoka 437-0226
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