History of Anori Puppet Show

　Shima City's ``Anori Puppet Show'' is a traditional folk performing art that has been passed down as a sacred puppet show dedicated to festivals at Anori Shrine, and was designated as a national important intangible folk cultural property in 1975. .

　The origin of puppet theater is said to be as follows.

　``In the first year of the Bunroku era, when Yoshitaka Kuki, the ruler of Shima Province, was participating in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea (Bunroku no Eki), when he approached the coast of Anori, a sudden headwind blew and his ship stopped. .When Yoshitaka visited Anori Shrine and prayed for victory, the direction of the wind changed and the ship was able to set sail safely on the tailwind.Then, Yoshitaka, who had achieved military exploits in the war, visited Anori Shrine again to pray. When I visited there, the villagers warmly welcomed me with hand dances and various other performing arts.

　The performing arts permitted by Yoshitaka at this time went through many changes and have been handed down as Anori's puppet shows.

　It was temporarily suspended due to the recession at the end of the Taisho era and the war in the Showa era, but it was revived in 1950 thanks to the wishes and cooperation of the villagers and continues to this day.

Anori puppet show

September 9th, 5:00 p.m. Sanbaso performance dedicated to Anori Shrine

September 9th (Saturday) Starts at 6:30 p.m.
*There will be a dance during the intermission.

September 10th, 5:00 p.m. Sanbaso performance dedicated to Anori Shrine

September 10th (Sunday) Starts at 6:30 p.m.
*There will be a dance during the intermission.

September XNUMX

　Miuranosuke was injured on the battlefield, and when he returned to see his sick mother, Tokihime, the daughter of the enemy general Tokimasa Hojo, had come to take care of her. Miuranosuke regains his senses through Tokihime's care and tries to meet his mother at first sight, but upon learning that Miuranosuke has returned from the battlefield, his mother says, ``I taught my child to value loyalty. "I'm not the kind of girl who would do anything regrettable," he says without looking at her. Miuranosuke realizes his mother's feelings and decides to go to the battlefield again.

　Tokihime tells Miuranosuke, who is prepared to die, the depth of her love for him and asks him to watch over her mother's final moments. Miuranosuke was confused between his mother and Tokihime.

　Sawaichi, a blind man living in Tsubosaka, Yamato Province, was living a meager living with the help of his wife Orisato's side job. Sawaichi notices that Oro-sato leaves the house every night recently, and suspects that Oro-sato is committing adultery. However, he learns that he actually went to Tsubosaka-dera Temple to pray for Sawaichi's eyes to be healed. Sawaichi apologizes for doubting his wife, and he decides to follow Orisato's advice and visit Tsubosaka Temple, but she despairs that Orisato won't be happy even if she lives with him, and goes to Tani. I throw myself into it. Sato throws herself after him, but thanks to the blessings of Kannon, their lives are saved and Sawaichi is able to see.

　The couple, Jurobei and Ohumi, lived in Osaka in search of the heirloom sword of the Tamaki family in Tokushima, and Jurobei joined a group of thieves. While Oyumi was away at home, a letter arrived. She was told by a companion that her pursuers were on the way. While Ohumi is praying to the gods and Buddha for her husband's safety and the discovery of her sword, her Junrei daughter comes to visit. She is about the same age as her own daughter, who she left behind on her national passport, so when I asked her about it, she told me how she had traveled all the way from Tokushima in search of her parents. When I asked her the names of her parents, she definitely found out that she was her daughter. She resists the urge to embrace her right now and call her mother, and fearing that her banditry will befall her daughter, she admonishes her to return to her country. Otsuru begs to be left here, but Oyumi tearfully chases him away. When Otsuru's Junrei song faded away, she couldn't hold back Oyumi and burst into tears. However, she changes her mind and thinks that if she stays like this, she will leave him and he will never see her again, so she hurries after Otsuru's girlfriend.

September 10th

　Wakadono Samonnosuke of the Takashima clan in Omi Province lost the Sword of Heaven to offer to Kinri, so his guardian, Genjibei Yasumori, committed seppuku.

　Kichisaburo, Ichiko Yasumori, who works as a temple page at Edo Kisshoin Temple and searches for a sword, is in love with Oshichi, the daughter of Kyubei, a greengrocer who was burned down due to housework. Oshichi is in a hurry to let her know the whereabouts of the Sword of Heaven, which caused her lover Kichisaburo to commit seppuku, by tonight.

　In order to open the gates of the towns, he decided to ring the half-bell of the forbidden fire tower, even at the risk of being burned at the stake.

　Jurobei comes back with Otsuru. Not knowing that she is my girlfriend's daughter, she notices the money that Otsuru has and asks him to lend it to her. When she tries to stop the frightened Otsuru from making noise, she accidentally suffocates him. Oyumi, who had lost track of her and returned home, burst into tears when he found out about this, and Jurobei, who had killed her child, was also choked by her tears of regret. Even as he was grieving, Jurobei braced himself for the catcher's approach, chased them away, and set fire to his house, along with Otsuru's corpse, and fled.

　Aijiro saves Miyuki, the daughter of a samurai, from a thug, and the two fall in love at first sight. At Miyuki's request, Jiro writes a morning glory song on her fan, and Miyuki also gives her waka to her girlfriend Jiro. However, Aijiro hastily returns to his hometown of Suo in order to stop the disturbance at home. Meanwhile, Miyuki, saddened by his girlfriend's departure, also returns home to his girlfriend Aki with her parents.

　Miyuki, who became blind while crying for her lover, becomes a comedian called Asagao and tells her story to the tune of the koto in front of her lover. The next morning, Miyuki sees a fan left behind by a man who calls himself Komazawa, realizes that it is his lover (Asojiro), and follows Komazawa to the Oigawa River.

　After crossing Komazawa, the river was held back due to heavy rain. Miyuki tries to throw herself into the river, but the innkeeper catches up to her and stops her. The owner of the inn is actually Miyuki's nanny's father, and once upon a time he worked at Miyuki's house.

　He committed suicide, saying that he could cure Miyuki's eyes with his own life blood, which was born in the age of Koushi. Thanks to that, Miyuki's eyes heal.

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