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Mikagura-uta

New Religious Movement Scriptures

The Mikagura-uta, the Songs for the Service, is Tenrikyo's liturgical scripture, composed by the founder Nakayama Miki and set to fixed music and hand movements. It governs the Teodori, the hand dance performed at every Tenrikyo church, and the fuller Kagura Service performed only at the Jiba in Tenri. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Structure
Structure
The text falls into three parts: an opening prayer sung to sweep away evil, the Twelve Songs performed as the standing Teodori dance, and a further set of shorter songs sung during the seated portion of the service. Nakayama Miki composed it gradually over roughly a decade rather than delivering it as one finished work, adding and refining sections as the Teodori itself took its final choreographed form. 2
Origins
Era of Composition
composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1866 to 1875, and revised to its current version in 1882 1
Range spans original composition (1866-1875) through the 1882 revision to its current version, per the same sentence.
Attestation
Historicity
Historically attested 1
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Associated With

Jiba, Sacred Sites

This source names Jiba directly: "Kagura Service performed only at the Jiba in Tenri."

Source Wikipedia: TenrikyoWikipedia contributors

This source names Nakayama Miki directly: "scripture, composed by the founder Nakayama Miki and set to fixed music and hand movements."

Source Wikipedia: TenrikyoWikipedia contributors

Attributed To

Source Mikagura-uta (Wikipedia)

Authored By

Source Mikagura-uta (Wikipedia)

Belongs to Tradition

Tenrikyo, Religions
Source Wikipedia: TenrikyoWikipedia contributors

Originates in Language

Japanese, Languages
Source Mikagura-uta (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Mikagura-uta (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia: Mikagura-uta, lead section
    It was composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1866 to 1875, and revised to its current version in 1882.
  • Lead section
    It was composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1866 to 1875, and revised to its current version in 1882.
  • In Group: Japanese New Religions Scriptures
  • Originates in Language: Japanese, Infobox, language field
    Japanese
  • Authored By: Nakayama Miki, Infobox: author
    Nakayama Miki
  • Attributed To: Nakayama Miki, Lead
    It was composed by the foundress of Tenrikyo, Miki Nakayama, from 1866 to 1875, and revised to its current version in 1882.
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2. Wikipedia: Tenrikyo
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