| 释义 |
‖ kagura|ˈkɑːgʊrə|
[Jap.]
A sacred dance performed at Shinto festivals, one of the oldest dances of Japan; also, one performed at a village shrine on a festive day.
1884Satow & Hawes Handbk. for Travellers Cent. & N. Japan (ed. 2) 63 At some temples young girls fill the office of priestess, but their duties do not appear to extend beyond the performance of the pantomimic dances known as Kagura, [etc.]. 1899W. G. Aston Hist. Jap. Lit. v. iii. 197 The drama in Japan was in its beginnings closely associated with religion. Its immediate parent was the Kagura, a pantomimic dance, which is performed at this day to the sound of fife and drum at Shinto festivals. 1936K. Nohara True Face of Japan v. 191 Dances and festival plays were performed in front of Shinto shrines, which were called Kagura, or ‘Joys of the Gods’. 1946R. Benedict Chrysanthemum & Sword (1947) v. 90 Watching wrestling matches or exorcism or kagura dances, which are liberally enlivened by clowns. 1966P. S. Buck People of Japan (1968) xii. 132 At special times the Shinto priests perform their own religious dance, the kagura. |