OrochiIwami Kagura
Orochi (The Giant Serpents)
One day the deity Susano, the brother of Amaterasu, came down to earth.
When he was walking by the
It is the most popular play of Iwami Kagura. The dancers’ ingenious manipulation of 18 meter long serpent puppets is a great spectacle. It is a story which tells the origin of the Kusanagi Sword, one of the three sacred imperial treasures.
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