ritual music and dancing at shrines and temples
Traditional performing art with roots in Heian-period rice-planting rituals, later incorporated into shrine and temple festivals.
At this shrine, dengaku is dedicated every autumn.
rice-planting dance; rice festival
Folk performance originally tied to agricultural rites, often involving acrobatics and comedic elements.
Dengaku is a traditional dance performed during the rice-planting season.
miso-glazed tofu (or fish)
Abbreviation of 田楽焼き. Skewered tofu, konnyaku, or fish coated with miso and grilled.
See also: 田楽焼き
I made miso-glazed tofu for dinner.
turning something over like cooking dengaku
Abbreviation of 田楽返し. Refers to flipping something over in the same way one grills both sides of dengaku-tofu.
See also: 田楽返し
The term 'dengaku-gaeshi' is used to describe the action of flipping something over.
grilled skewered taros with miso · parent-child incest
skewering; spitting
professional dengaku performer; dengaku monk-performer
dengaku-yaki; skewered and grilled food with miso glaze
skewered tofu baked and coated with miso
kabuki stage device for changing backdrops · turning something over like dengaku tofu
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
Originally referred to music and dance associated with rice-planting rituals (田 = rice field, 楽 = music). The food sense derives from the resemblance of skewered tofu to the costumes or movements of dengaku performers.