In historic Yamato Province, the unique physical characteristics of the tsuchigumo were that they were tailed people. Katsuragi Hitokotonushi Shrine (葛城一言主神社, Katsuragi Hitokotonushi Jinja) was said to be the remains where Emperor Jimmu captured tsuchigumo and buried their head, body and feet separately to prevent their grudges from harming the living. Of the clans referred to as tsuchigumo, those of the Mount Yamato Katsuragi are particularly well known. Its usage as a figurative term denotes that the person or clan referred to was defying Imperial authority in some covert but consistent fashion, generally by guerrilla warfare or actively eluding discovery. In some cases it is unclear in which way the term is being used. In the following examples from ancient historical records and accounts, tsuchigumo is used variously to describe well-known individual bandits, rebels, or unruly clan leaders, and also applied to clans as a whole. This term refers to a common practice among many of the rural clans: utilizing existing cave systems and creating fortified hollow earthen mounds for both residential and military purposes.This implies that the use of the name for renegade clans began essentially as a pun, and over time tales surrounding a literal race of intelligent, occasionally anthropomorphic, spiders grew from this historical usage, first as allegory, then as myth. Alternately, the word tsuchigumo has been identified a derivation of an older derogatory term, tsuchigomori (土隠), which roughly translates as "those who hide in the ground". Tsuchigumo may have been a pre-existing but obscure myth picked as the term of choice for a more humble threat to the empire, after which it was popularized. One theory is based on the knowledge that beginning with the earliest historical records, those who waged war against the imperial court were referred to as oni by the imperial court, both in scorn and as a way to demonize enemies of the court by literally referring to them as demons. There is some debate on whether the mythical spider-creature or the historical clans came first. Direction: Nakatsuka Yukiko English subtitles : Diego Pellecchia In collaboration with the Hōsei University Nogami Memorial Noh Theatre Research Institute Produced by Kanzekyuukoukai / Yarai-Noh Theater / /archives/.According to the 18th-century historian Motoori Norinaga, in ancient Japan, Tsuchigumo was used as a derogatory term against aborigines who did not show allegiance to the emperor of Japan. 【English version】能「土蜘蛛」Noh Tsuchigumo (Ground Spider) at Yarai Noh-Theatre(J-LOD live) ■Japanese Noh for beginners Noh “Tsuchigumo” (Ground Spider) May 30 ,2021 at Yarai Noh-Theatre (Shinjuku-ku,TOKYO) ■Noh Tsuchigumo (Ground Spider) 能「土蜘蛛」 CAST Unknown monk/Tsuchigumo:Naoya KOMASE Minamoto no Raikō:Yoshihisa ENDO Kochō:Kousei OKUKAWA Raikō’s swordbeader:Hiroto ISHII Hitori-musya :Kazuyuki HUKUOU Men :Dai MURASE・Shouhei YANO Servant:Gou IIDA Nōkan (A Flute) :Hirohito NARITA Kotsudumi (A Small Hand-Drum) :Takashi MORI Otsudumi (A Big Hand-Drum) :Takanori KAKIHARA Taiko (Stick Drum) :Noriyoshi OOKAWA Kōken Yoshimasa KANZE・Kouji OKUKAWA Jiutai(Chorus) Yuuichi HIROTA ・Kazuhisa ENDO・Hideaki KOJIMA・Nichika KANEKO - Camera operator:Sousuke KOMAI Film Editor: Ryo SHIMADA English subtitles Produced by Hinoki Shoten, Ltd.
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