「大槌町金沢地区で金澤神楽鶏子舞を習う」
“Learning the Kanazawa Kagura Torikomai (Kanazawa Kagura Chicken Dance) in the Kanazawa district in the town of Otsuchi”
10月25日（金）鶏子舞稽古見学
10月26日（土）鶏子舞稽古＆セシリア氏とのコミュニティダンスＷＳ
会場：岩手県上閉伊郡大槌町金沢地区
October 25 (Friday) Observation of the Torikomai Training
October 26 (Saturday) Torikomai Training and Community Dance Workshop with Cecilia
Venue: the Kanazawa district in the town of Otsuchi, Kamihei, Iwate prefecture
雨の中たどりついた大槌町にある小槌神社。高台にある境内からは、がらんとした地面と、ぽつりぽつりと建物が見える。
Kozuchi Shrine, in the town of Otsuchi, where we arrived in the middle of the rain. From the elevated grounds of the shrine, we could see the wide, open land and the buildings dotting the landscape.
まずは、太田さんのお祖父さんのところへ金澤神楽のお話を伺いに。
穏やかな表情で私たちを迎えていただき、田舎のおじいちゃんを訪ねたような気持ちに。お祖母さんが作る秘伝の鎌餅をいただきながら、お神楽の歴史を伺いました。
昭和のころまで神楽が門付けのための長い旅を続けていたとか、ここにあるお面の云われとか、太田さんも初耳の貴重なお話が盛りだくさん。
He met us with a calm expression, and it had the feeling of visiting a grandfather in the countryside. While eating their Kama Mochi, a family secret made by their grandmother, we asked about the history of Kagura.
We heard many important things, which even Ms. Ota had never heard before, about how Kagura had continued its long journey for the purpose of door-to-door entertainment until around the Showa period (1926- 1989), or the sayings about the mask here.
たっぷりお話を伺ったあと、急いで鶏子舞のいつもの練習場所の集会所へ移動。
太田さんと太田さんの同級生、あとは高校生が私たちに鶏子舞を教えてくれました。
まずは、実演から。
意外とスピードが早い！しかも腕の振りなど、結構大技！
After we heard plenty of his stories, we hurriedly moved onto the gathering place, the usual place for practicing Torikomai.
Ms. Ota and others the same age as her, as well as high school students, taught us the Torikomai.
First, starting with its performance.
The speed is surprisingly fast! Furthermore, the arm movements and whatnot are quite skillful!
見るは易し行うは難し。左右の腕を全く違う動きをさせながら、足もさばいて行く。ひたすら見てはやる、見てはやる、、の繰り返し。
It’s easy to watch but difficult to do. While making your left and right arms do completely different movements, your legs also have to be dealt with. The repetition of earnestly watching and doing, watching and doing…
翌日。
今度は小学生が集まって、実演してくれました。
いやー、あたりまえだけど音も振りもしっかり身についてる。しかも、いきいきとした表現力！すごい！
そんな小学生の先生にまた教えてもらう。
やはり、見てはやる見てはやる、、、なかなか身につかない。。。
The next day.
This time the elementary school students got together and performed for us.
Whoa, it’s an obvious thing to say, but they have solidly mastered the sound and movement. Furthermore, they have scintillating power of expression! Amazing!
We will learn something from those elementary school students’ teacher.
Just as I thought, it’s all about watching and doing, watching and doing…
It is not learned easily…
けども、みんなとても親切に手とり足取り教えてくれて感謝です。
But, we are so appreciative that everyone taught us very kindly in an extremely easy-to-understand way.
その後、セシリアのコミュニティダンスワークショップを子どもたちと保護者の皆さんも交えて行ないました。
Afterwards, Cecilia’s community dance workshop was carried out with the children and their guardians, with everyone mixed together.
最後は、衣装を付けさせてもらっての撮影。
私も美人の鶏子舞になれたでしょうか、、（笑）
At the end, they let us put on the costumes and took a picture.
I wonder if we even came close to the Torikomai as done by lovely women… (hahaha)
JCDN北本
JCDN Kitamoto
