Title Itsukushima Shrine: Giboshi for Takabutai Stage

  • Hiroshima
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins Shrines/Temples/Churches
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Hatsukaichi City

厳島神社: 高舞台の擬宝珠


厳島神社の高舞台は、神社本殿の真正面のテラスにある正方形の舞台です。舞楽の上演に使われるもので、8つの擬宝珠のある欄干に囲まれています。擬宝珠は、四隅および対になった舞台入口それぞれの脇にあります。これらの擬宝珠は、高舞台を少なくとも16世紀以来飾ってきました。擬宝珠の側面に詳細が刻まれており、1546年に神社に寄進されたものです。今でもはっきりと読める文言は、擬宝珠が厳島神社の宮司の贈り物であったことを伝えています。宮司をその役職に就けたのは、宮島を含めた安芸の守護であった大内氏の当主、大内義隆(1507~1551年)でした。高舞台で現在用いられている擬宝珠は、近代の複製です。


Itsukushima Shrine: Giboshi for Takabutai Stage


The Itsukushima Shrine takabutai is a square stage on the terrace directly in front of the main shrine building. Used for performances of bugaku (classical court dancing), it is enclosed by a fence with eight decorative copper finials on the posts, one in each corner and one on either side of the twin entrances to the stage. These finials, called giboshi, have adorned the takabutai since at least the sixteenth century and were donated to the shrine in 1546, as detailed in the inscriptions on their sides. The text, which is still clearly legible, describes how the giboshi were a gift from the head priest of Itsukushima Shrine. He was assigned to this post by Ouchi Yoshitaka (1507–1551), head of the Ouchi family and lord of Aki Province, which included Miyajima. The finials currently in use on the takabutai are modern reproductions.


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