dancer; dancing master

Japan

(archaic) Japan

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

passive, inactive, timid

An unmarried woman who serves at a Shintō shrine, helping to receive visitors and performing 神楽 (kagura) dances at ceremonies, among other responsibilities.

a three-tiered set of bells suspended by coiled brass wires on a hand-held rod used in the kagura dances by miko.

a large drum used during kagura performances

Kagurazaka (a neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan) / a surname

(music) a kagurabue, a transverse flute used to support kagura performance