Basic Terms of Shinto 神道基本用語集

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Yamato-mai
大和舞
Text Dance of Yamato. Originated in the Yamato region around the present Nara Prefecture. Performed at court as early as the fourth century and at festivals such as the Daijôsai and chinkonsai. Also a part of the kagura repertoire. Various Yamato-mai songs were employed in the festivals at Ise no Jingû and at other major shrines.