Odawara style (小田原流) is a method of portable shrines (神輿) carrying style in Odawara regions in
Japan.
The portable
shrines are most popular using tools of the Japanese shrines festival. But it’s
not known that many carrying styles are there. Allegedly, Odawara style has
appeared about early in the 1600’s at Odawara region. It’s called Edo era in
Japan.
Odawara style that
is very infrequent carrying style than other method dash to a target as
carrying people carry their portable shrine after sing a Kiyari song.
For example, very
famous portable shrines carrying style is a Edomae (江戸前) style in Japan. This style doesn’t run
when it’s carried a portable shrine but it hard shakes up and down as carrying
people looking like do dance steps rhythmically. Edomae carrying style is using
style for carrying the portable shrine at around Tokyo region mainly.
The most important
is a Kiyari (木遣り唄) song for Odawara style. Allegedly old era, fisherman who worked on a
fishing boat at the offshore an ocean, pulled up a very heavy fishing-net from
deep water. Then they used this Kiyari song in order to synchronize timing. If it’s
unmatched to pull timing, all catches are run away to deep water from net
slope. Absolutely, current working styles are all automatic by a machine
therefore these Kiyari songs are gradually done away. Now, these Kiyari songs
are dedicated to shrine’s festival for good fishing pray. Thus Odawara style is
using the Kiyari song when portable shrines run to target. It’s very very holy
traditional practice in Odawara region.
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