[地元では「みぶのはなだうえ」と呼ばれる�]
��が、日本国の重要無形民俗文化財指定およびユネスコ無形文化遺産登録の名称は「みぶのはなたうえ」となっている。 is ritual of transplanting rice that is held every year on the first Sunday of June in
Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima
is a town in Yamagata District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kitahiroshima was formed on February 1, 2005 from the merger of the towns of Chiyoda, Geihoku, Ōasa and Toyohira, all from Yamagata District.
As of April 30, 2017, populatio ...
, in hopes of a good harvest. It is a traditional event. It has been designated as an
Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan and is listed in the
Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage of the
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. I ...
Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Overview
Since the
Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first '' shōgun'' Minamoto no Yoritomo after the conclusion of the Genpei War, which saw the struggle bet ...
, it has been customary in western
Japan for a Saotome to sing a rice planting song while singing a rice planting song, whispering with a large drum, a small drum, a flute, or a hand-made kane, in accordance with the time signature of Sasara. It is a farming ritual to worship Sanbai (
Ta-no-Kami) and pray for a good harvest and good harvest, and it is also a device to enjoy the hard labor of rice planting. Eventually, the rice planting event became even more gorgeous by gathering a large number of people, and the
cows
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, cloven-hooved, herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Adult females are referred to as cows and adult m ...
that were shavings put on a saddle decorated with artificial flowers, and Saotome and others dressed up with red sashes and waistbands to create a day of hare. It is said that it got the name of Hanada Ue because of its gorgeous appearance.
Mibu no Hana Tadashi is the largest rice planting in western Japan, and the "Kawatoda Orchestra" and "Mibu no Hana Tadashi" convey the tradition. In addition, due to its depth of history, it was designated as an important intangible
folk cultural property of Japan in 1976, and was registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in November 2011.
References
{{UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Festivals in Japan
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity