Shoryo-e Bugaku Ceremony (Shitennoji Temple)
Medium crowdKansaiOsaka, Osaka
Date
April 22
Region
Kansai
About this festival
Shoryo-e is held at Shitennoji every year on April 22, the anniversary of Prince Shotoku's death. The temple describes it as a ceremony with about 1,400 years of history that combines Buddhist chanting by the temple clergy with bugaku court dance and music performed by the Tennoji Gakusho. The bugaku is designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan.
Highlights
- โBugaku court dance and music on the Rokujido stone stage
- โBuddhist chanting by the temple clergy
- โFree to watch, according to the temple
- โListed with a 12:30 start on the temple event page
Getting There
Shitennoji-mae Yuhigaoka Station (Tanimachi Line), about 5 minutes on foot.
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