bamboo-spray

Updated: May 16, 2025

And the suzu the strange bronze instrument with its cluster of bells which the miko uses in her dance still preserves the form of that bamboo-spray to which Ame-no-uzume-no-mikoto fastened small bells with grass, ere beginning her mirthful song.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : First Series