"N=omai" dance drama, an artistic expression combining sacred,
communal, economic, and cultural spheres of community life in the
district of Higashidorimura, is a performing tradition that
provides an identity to agriculturally based villages. It has
retained features characteristic of the music, drama, and sacred
practices of medieval Japan. "N=omai" singing exhibits traits
linked to Buddhist chanting. The instrumental music originates from
folk Shinto. This study highlights the social and cultural value
"n=omaii" has for the residents in villages that perform it by
providing the historical context in which it is examined, as well
as its current performance practices.
As this work explores the aspects of agricultural Japanese
society, revealed through a dance drama, it will appeal to music
and drama scholars as well as students of Japanese culture and
history. After establishing the historical lens from which to view
"n DEGREESD=omai" drama, the theatrical and musical aspects are
discussed in detail. Photographs and musical examples enhance this
thorough, well-organized study.
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