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Mikagura-uta
Tenrikyo Scriptures
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The Mikagura-uta, the Songs for the Service, is Tenrikyo's liturgical scripture, composed by the founder Nakayama Miki and set to fixed music and hand movements. It governs the Teodori, the hand dance performed at every Tenrikyo church, and the fuller Kagura Service performed only at the Jiba in Tenri.
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StructureSourced to the subject's own accountThe text falls into three parts: an opening prayer sung to sweep away evil, the Twelve Songs performed as the standing Teodori dance, and a further set of shorter songs sung during the seated portion of the service. Nakayama Miki composed it gradually over roughly a decade rather than delivering it as one finished work, adding and refining sections as the Teodori itself took its final choreographed form. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Jiba directly: "Kagura Service performed only at the Jiba in Tenri."
This source names Nakayama Miki directly: "scripture, composed by the founder Nakayama Miki and set to fixed music and hand movements."
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