Mataginifale Women's Group

Mataginifale Women's Group

Mataginifale Women's Group

Hachimachi hat for the Kumiodori performance, conducted by the member of Association for the Conservation of Techniques for the Production and Restoration of Costumes and Props for Kumiodori

Mataginifale Women's Group

Mataginifale Women's Group

03: Shishi-mai, or a Lion dance

02: Dance of Zun

In Buddhist temples, a ritual to wish for a happy and prosperous year will be held in the beginning of a year. In cases when a temple economically collapses, people sometimes try to succeed the ritual themselves, and Hiyondori and Okunai of Totoumi is one which those cases. At the night of Janurary 4th, ten kinds of dances are performed within the temple, after purifying the inside of a temple by a torch.\n01: The scene of bringing in torches for purifying inside the chapel

03: The paper screening process, conducted by the member of Sekishu-Banshi Craftsmmen’s Association

02: Process of cleaning the cooked kozo tree bark, conducted by the member of Sekishu-Banshi Craftsmmen’s Association

As a result of monopoly by Tsuwano and Hamada Domain promoting paper production in Edo period, Sekishu-banshi became widely well known. After the Meiji period, Shimane prefecture promoted the paper as key products and rated even higher. Sekishu-banshi is made out from locally grown Kozo(paper mulberry) and used for such as record paper, block printing paper, sliding door paper, and underlay paper.\n01:The process of peeling kozo tree's outer bark, conducted by the member of Sekishu-Banshi Craftsmmen’s Association