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徳山神楽「八王子の舞」
Etymology 1
From Old Japanese. Originally a compound of 神 (kamu, “spirit, god”) + 座 (kura, “seat”), referring to the place used to call down the 神 (kami, “spirits and gods”) to earth, when a 巫女 (miko, “shrine maiden”) would act as a medium for the kami. Over time, the term came to refer to the music and dance of the ceremony.
/kamukuɽa/ > /kankuɽa/ > /kanguɽa/ > /kaguɽa/
Pronunciation
Noun
神楽 (hiragana かぐら, romaji kagura)
- (Shintō) sacred dancing and music performed at Shintō ceremonies, often by miko, to honor Shintō spirits and gods
- bugaku (a type of traditional dancing and music) performed by regular people in front of a Shintō shrine
- a type of Noh dancing and music
- a type of kabuki musical accompaniment
- short for 御神楽 (okagura, “a flat-topped house initially built with one storey, with additional storeys added later”)
Synonyms
- (sacred dancing): 神遊び (かみあそび, kamiasobi)
- (type of bugaku): 里神楽 (さとかぐら, sato kagura), 太太神楽 (だいだいかぐら, daidai kagura)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 神楽歌 (かぐらうた, kagura uta): a kagura song
- 神楽諷雲井曲毬 (かぐらうたくもいのきょくまり, Kagura Uta Kumoi no Kyokumari): the title of a kabuki play, roughly "Kagura Uta: Juggling to Entertain the Gods"
- 神楽男 (かぐらお, kagura o; かぐらおとこ, kagura otoko): a man who performs kagura
- 神楽岡 (かぐらおか, Kagura Oka): Kagura Hill, a place in Kyōto, also known as Yamada Yama (Yamada Mountain) and site of Yamada Jinja (Yamada Shrine)
- 神楽月 (かぐらづき, kagurazuki): alternate name for the eleventh lunar month
- 神楽坂 (かぐらざか, kagurazaka): a place in the east of Shinjuku Ward, Tōkyō
- 神楽笹 (かぐらざさ, kagurazasa): alternate for 阿亀笹 (okamezasa, “Shibataea kumasaca, a type of short leafy bamboo”), or for 唐竹蘭 (tōchikuran, “a type of orchid, probably the Yunnanese spring orchid, Cymbidium goeringii subsp. goeringii var. forrestii”)
- 神楽桟, 神楽鮫 (かぐらざめ, kagurazame): the bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus
- 神楽山 (かぐらさん, kagurasan): alternate name for a 轆轤 (rokuro, “windlass”)
- 神楽師 (かぐらし, kagurashi): a professional kagura performer
- 神楽獅子 (かぐらじし, kagurajishi): a lion dance performed as kagura; a pleasure quarter or red-light district euphemism for hairiness
- 神楽舎 (かぐらしゃ, kagurasha): the roofed stage at a shrine or imperial palace for performing kagura
- 神楽少女 (かぐらおとめ, kagura otome): alternate for 神楽巫女: a woman, generally unmarried, who performs kagura
- 神楽女 (かぐらめ, kagurame): alternate for 神楽巫女: a woman, generally unmarried, who performs kagura
- 神楽巫女, {{l|ja|神楽神子|tr=[[かぐらみこ」」, kagura miko}}: a woman, generally unmarried, who performs kagura
- 神楽銭 (かぐらせん, kagura sen): money received in thanks for a kagura performance
- 神楽草 (かぐらそう, kagura sō): alternate name for 狐の孫 (kitsune no mago, “Justicia procumbens, also known as water willow”)
- 神楽太鼓 (かぐらだいこ, kaguradaiko): a large taiko drum used in kagura performances
- 神楽笛 (かぐらぶえ, kagurabue): a flute used in kagura performances
- 神楽殿 (かぐらでん, kagura den): a building used for kagura performances
- 神楽堂 (かぐらどう, kagura dō): a building used for kagura performances
- 神楽姫 (かぐらびめ, kagurabime): alternate for 神楽巫女: a woman, generally unmarried, who performs kagura
- 神楽面 (かぐらおもて, kagura omote): a kagura performer
- 神楽面 (かぐらめん, kagura men): a kagura mask
- 神楽鈴 (かぐらすず, kagura suzu): a bell used for kagura performances
- 神楽和琴秘譜 (かぐらわごんひふ, Kagura Wagon Hifu): the title of a piece of kagura music
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Etymology 2
Compound of 神 (kami, “spirit, god”) + 楽 (gaku, “music”).
Pronunciation
Noun
神楽 (hiragana かみがく, romaji kamigaku)
- a type of dance in a Noh play, performed by the leading 翁 (okina, “old man”) character
