dengaku

Attested dengaku attribution

Record the original name, who uses it and whether it identifies a family, local tradition, repertoire item or performance.

1. What original-language name and contextual evidence identify this referent as performing-art dengaku? definition
2. Who applies that name, and does it designate a tradition, repertoire item or individual enactment? provenance

Dengaku and noh distinction

Historical dengaku and sarugaku troupes both performed theatrical forms; record interaction separately from equivalence. [Japan Arts Council](https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/noh/en/history/history1.html)

1. Does the evidence identify dengaku, dengaku noh, sarugaku noh or a later interpretation of their relationship? boundary
2. Which source supports a claimed borrowing or lineage, and what exactly is claimed to have passed between the arts? provenance

Planting and representation

Separate actual rice-planting accompaniment from performance without planting, following the broad distinction documented for dengaku. [Encyclopedia of Shinto](https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8941)

1. Does this enactment accompany actual planting, represent cultivation or have another documented agricultural relationship? definition
2. Which agricultural meanings are explained by practitioners or texts, and which remain an observer's interpretation? provenance

Local ritual placement

Record the locally specified occasion and purpose; Nachi provides one documented shrine-festival example rather than a universal template. [UNESCO](https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/nachi-no-dengaku-a-religious-performing-art-held-at-the-nachi-fire-festival-00413)

1. At what point in the local festival or rite does dengaku occur, and what purpose do participants assign to it? definition
2. Which spatial, calendar or ritual conditions must be established before this local performance can proceed? action

Local performance sequence

Record locally named sections and the evidence for required order, permitted variation and completion.

1. What sections and movement formations constitute this local repertoire, and in what order are they performed? definition
2. Which omitted, repeated or reordered sections make an enactment an excerpt or adaptation according to its practitioners? boundary

Sasara and ensemble evidence

Document instruments and techniques precisely; the reference distinction between rubbed surizasara and linked wooden binzasara shows why a generic sasara label can conceal differences. [Encyclopedia of Shinto](https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8941)

1. Which instruments are actually used, and if sasara is named, what construction and playing technique does that name denote here? measurement
2. Which audible or visible cues coordinate steps, formations and section changes? measurement

Required role coverage

Record local musical, dancing and directing responsibilities without assuming a universal cast size or role structure.

1. Which roles and competencies are required for this repertoire, and which may one person combine? definition
2. As of the assessment date, how many available practitioners can perform each required role? measurement
3. What preparation or locally accepted substitution would address an uncovered role? action

Repertoire transmission

Identify teachers, learning methods and the parts of practice that remain dependent on embodied instruction.

1. Who teaches this dengaku repertoire, and how do learners acquire movement, accompaniment and ritual responsibilities? provenance
2. Which sections or roles lack a successor, and what practitioner-supported training or documentation could address that gap? action

Continuity and reconstruction status

Record interruptions, revivals and reconstruction decisions without inferring an unbroken lineage from an old name.

1. What dated evidence supports this local tradition's claimed history, and where are the documentary gaps? provenance
2. Which elements are continuously transmitted, revived, reconstructed or newly composed, and who makes that distinction? boundary
3. When was the tradition last observed in performance or rehearsal, and what does that establish about its current state? measurement

Presentation conditions

Record practitioner and host requirements where they exist, including how changes to occasion, sequence or accompaniment should be described.

1. Who can establish the applicable conditions for recording, teaching or presenting this local dengaku repertoire? action
2. Would the proposed change of venue, duration or accompaniment be accepted as an enactment, an excerpt or a new adaptation? boundary
3. What attribution and explanation are needed to describe the proposed presentation accurately? action

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of dengaku this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of dengaku this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of dengaku this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of dengaku this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of dengaku this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of dengaku this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance