Miwa(Miwa Myojin)/Noh Art #030

※日本語は英文の下にあります。 Noh "Miwa" The season of the performance is autumn. The stage is located in Miwa Mountain (Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture), Omiwa Shrine. Miwa Myojin is the deity Omononushi no Okami, the deity of the Omiwa-sha Shrine, the largest shrine in Yamato Province. Omiwa Shrine enshrines Mt. Miwa as its deity. In the Kojiki, Mt. Miwa is regarded as the mountain where the deity resides (Mt. Kannabi-yama). In the Noh play, Miwa Myojin appears as a woman dressed as a man even though she is a male deity, and in the kagura scene, she dances as Amanouzume and finally takes the role of Amaterasu. This is believed to be due to the belief that Miwa Myojin was originally one with Amaterasu a...View all