Ryukyuan Dance Notation (5) : The Notation of Woman's Dance : Kashikaki

This paper is a case study of the Ryukuan Dance notation applying to a classical dance, "Kashikaki," one of the woman's seven dances. The main concern of this paper is the notion of young woman's expression of her feeling in the dance. As observed in the previous paper, the notation has the following characteristics : 1) the movement of the body clearly shown by pictures, 2) the notation of the movements and the music, 3) the combination of the picture-figure notation, fugo notation, and the symbols consist of the notation of "Kashikaki," 4) the explanation of the dance, 5) the songs, and 6) the way to dance