Shikunshi
- Four Gentlemen -

SHIKUNSHI
(Dancer : OKA Sadako)

"Shikunshi" means "four gentlemen" in Japanese. It means an orchid, a chrysanthemum, a bamboo, a plum blossom in art in China and Japan. It is called so, because beauty of these figures and flowers look like noble gentlemen. And the joruri/ballad which admired these wonderful flowers was composed. This dance is the version of the joruri/ballad.


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