Ryukyuan Dance Notation (3) : The Noatation of and Woman's Kagiyadefuu Old Man's Old Woman's Kagiyadefuu

摘要

This paper is a case study of the Ryukyuan Dance notation applying to a classical dance. "Kagiyadefuu". The main concern of this paper is the notion of old man's, old woman's and young woman's "Kagiyadefuu" dance. The former two dances, which were first performed in 1719, have been performed to wish good health, abundant harvest and pece. As observed in the previous paper, the notation has the following characteristics: 1) it makes the movement of the body clearly by the pictures showing a woman with leotard, 2) the corresponding pictures showing a woman with costume, 3) the notation of the movements and the music (songs, shamisen, taiko), 4) the combination of the picture-figure notation, fugo notation, and the symbols consist of the notation of "Kagiyadefuu", 5) the explanation of the dance, 6) the songs, and 7) the way to dance.