Toyohara Chikanobu: Red Lion Dance - Artelino

Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu

Title: Red Lion Dance

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Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Udanji is performing Lion dance. The franboyant dance is related to the legend of O-e Hiromoto (1148-1225), a mythical warrior in Japan, who became a Buddhism priest. He went to China to practice the austerities. When he was crossing a bridge one day, he was visited by spirit of a lion, which suddenly appeared among the blooming peonies and performed a beautiful dance in front of him.

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