Twelve Songs
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| Mikagura-uta |
|---|
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| The Service |
| Sections One, Two, and Three |
| Songs for the Kagura |
| Section Four |
| Yorozuyo |
| Section Five |
| (Twelve Songs) |
| Song One |
| Song Two |
| Song Three |
| Song Four |
| Song Five |
| Song Six |
| Song Seven |
| Song Eight |
| Song Nine |
| Song Ten |
| Song Eleven |
| Song Twelve |
| Composer |
| Oyasama |
| Date Composed |
| 1866–1882 |
Twelve Songs (Ju-ni-kudari 十二下り) is occasionally identified as Section Five of the Mikagura-uta. It is also part of the Teodori in addition to the Eight Verses of the Yorozuyo.[1]
Each of the Twelve Songs is a “counting song” comprised of ten verses. Other than a couple of exceptions, each verse begins with a number (for instance, “Hitotsu,” or “one”), which is usually followed by a word that shares the same syllable as the number (such as “Hinomoto” in Song Three).
Composition
Oyasama composed the Twelve Songs between the first and eight lunar months of 1867 and spent the next three years teaching the accompanying dance movements to a group of followers.
Song Themes
| Song | Theme |
|---|---|
| Song One | harvest[2] |
| Song Two | joy of faith, health, peace[2] |
| Song Three | Song on faith containing God the Parent's direct revelations and fundamental teachings[3] |
| Song Four | spiritual maturity[4] |
| Song Five | world salvation, purification of the mind[5], missionary work[6] |
| Song Six | faith[6] |
| Song Seven | fields, sowing seeds[7] |
| Song Eight | assembling Yoboku for the purpose of construction[8] |
| Song Nine | missionary work[9] |
| Song Ten | the mind[10] |
| Song Eleven | hinokishin[11] |
| Song Twelve | beginning of the spiritual construction[12] |
References
- ↑ Unless noted, information is from the entry "Jū-ni-kudari" in 『改訂 天理教事典』 Kaitei Tenrikyo jiten, p. 413.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 上田嘉成 Ueda Yoshinaru. 『おかぐらうた』 Okagurauta, p. 162.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 214.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 312.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 382.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Okagurauta, p. 437.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 465.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 509.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 543.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 564.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 581.
- ↑ Okagurauta, p. 614.
