A dance group consists of six or four dancers, and songs are performed with a pair of hyoshi (wooden clappers), a wagon (Japanese harp) accompanied by kotomochi (harp holders), an Azuma-asobi bue (Japanese flute with six holes, which is also called chukan), and a hichiriki (oboe), accompanied with a backing chorus. 舞人6人あるいは4人、歌方は拍子、和琴、琴持、東遊笛(中管)、篳篥、付歌で奏する。 |