茨城県龍ケ崎市には『撞舞(つくまい)』と呼ばれる伝統芸能があります。
雨蛙の姿をした舞男が柱や綱の上でさまざまな妙技を行い、雨乞いや五穀豊穣、疫病除け等を願うもので、茨城県無形民俗文化財に指定されています。
この撞舞、実は龍ケ崎に伝わる『雨蛙のフク伝説』と関係があるようです。
フクとは昔々、龍ケ崎地方に住んでいた巨大な蛙。
洪水のときには水をのみ込み、日照りの時には水を吐き出して雨を降らせ、龍ケ崎の農民を助けたと語り継がれています。
撞舞はまた、龍の背中を蛙が這い上がる様子を表し、雨乞いをするのだとも言われています。
龍ケ崎という地名にも含まれる「龍」、「蛙のフク」、ともに人々にとって大切な水の神であることから、「水神龍蛙」と命名しました。
伝説の世界を想像し、龍や蛙の躍動感を表現して頂けたらと思います。(阿部勇一)
There is a traditional performing art called "tsukumai" in Ryugasaki City of Ibaraki Prefecture.
In "tsukumai," which has been designated as an intangible folk cultural asset of Ibaraki Prefecture, male dancers dressed in tree frog costumes perform a variety of feats on poles and ropes to pray for rain, good harvest, and to ward off disease.
This "tsukumai" is actually related to Fuku the tree frog, a legend that has been passed down in Ryugasaki.
Fuku was a giant frog that supposedly lived in Ryugasaki once upon a time.
According to legend, the frog swallowed water during floods and spat it out during droughts to create rain, thus helping the farmers of Ryugasaki.
It is also said that "tsukumai" is a rainmaking dance that seeks to depict the way in which the frog climbs up the back of a dragon.
This piece is entitled "Fantasia Suijinryua" because both the "ryu" (dragon), which is also in the city's name Ryugasaki, and the "a" (frog) Fuku, are "suijin" (water deities) important to the people.
I hope you can imagine the world in this legend and capture the dynamism of dragons and frogs in your performance.
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