The Folk Performing Arts of Islands around Kyusyu

在九州大陆的一些岛屿上有很多民间表演艺术。这些岛屿位于海上航线上，位于日本和外国之间，如中国，韩国和冲绳（琉球）。表演艺术在很大程度上受到这些地点的影响。在这些表演艺术中，我们既可以找到相同点，也可以找到不同点。这说明我们必须认识到民间表演艺术是一种文化的、历史的、地域性的存在，并在每一个地方的语境下对其进行细致的研究。九州大陆周边一些岛屿的民间表演艺术丰富多彩。

There are a lot of folk performing arts in some islands around Kyushu mainland. The islands were located on the sea route, and between Japan and foreign countries, like China, Korea and Okinawa (Ryukyu). The performing arts were much influenced by that locations. We can find both the same points and different points in those performing arts. It shows that we have to understand the folk performing arts are cultural, historical and regional existence, and research them on each local context carefully. The folk performing arts in some islands around Kyushu mainland are full of variety.