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rgarfias@uci.eduThe border is a section of the silk robes worn by dancers of the Left Group of the Imperial Palace Music Ensemble.
This particular is an old version of the dance, Sanju.Last Updated 12.16.98
Dance of the Left: Tagyuraku
Tagyuraku |
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Tagyuraku danced in the Imperial Palace, Tokyo |
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A single dancer in Tagyuraku |
| Tagyuraku is a dance in which the dancers are dressed as courtiers of the Heian period and are engaged in a game of polo. Polo was an ancient Persian sport known in T'ang China and thence introduced into Nara and Heian period Japan. |
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