Dance of the Right: Hannari

          Hannari is a dance of the Right group. The dancers enter from the Right side of the stage and would have entered from the right side of the Emperor. The dancers represents courtiers of the sixth rank identified by the green or blue that make the dominanat color in their robes.

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          Ya-yueh in Korea.
          Yen-Yueh in T'ang China and in Korea.
          Japanese Kagura
          Court Dance
          The Shosoin Imperial Repository.


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          The border is a section of the silk robes worn by dancers of the Right Group of the Imperial Palace Music Ensemble.

          Last Updated 12.16.98