Daimokutate
daimokutate 題目立 recitation show performed yahashira shrine kamifukawa village near city nara shinto temple kamifukawa tradition accepting yearold boy member religious organization carry religious ceremony temple acceptance boy organization temple acknowledgment child become adult young men aged enough boy aged year boy yet year old year old also included performance stand semicircle dressed samurai clothes carrying bow one one called centre old man read name character tale feud minamoto taira clan musical accompaniment twentysix character spoken youth rhythmically stamp foot sing offstage originally rite passage age seventeen mark formal acceptance eldest son community twentytwo family kamifukawa daimokutate performed annually midoctober young men various age many different family unique japan dramatic performance without acting music daimokutate important marker identity play indispensable role maintaining solidarity mountainous town daimokutate performed around end muromachi period daimokutate last living example tradition reciting sanctuary performed ordinary people attested first time document document collected folklore specialist hosen jungo preserved likely repertoire much larger daimokutate inscribed unesco intangible cultural heritage list