Mei-Shun learned how to dance “Echigo-Shihi” a few years ago. As a beginner, she did not understand well the way to write scores. That is why the score is tough to decode – mirror-like sketches sometimes appear. 80% is clear now, leaving sarashi part untouched.

Master Mei-Shu gave Mei-Shun a lesson. Quick steps of manly dance are so hard today, since it is torrid after the typhoon. It seems nice for diet.

It is no easy to write a dancing score. Normally, masters sit down face-to-face with their students. Many of them keep sitting, move their upper bodies only, like in the mirror. In this case, when you sketch your master, his/her right hand will be your left one, left hand right. Or you have to make the score upside-down, when you try to sketch yourself.

Master Mei-Shu gave Mei-Shun a lesson. “Echigo-Shishi” is a bit different from normal manly dance: it is for kid performers. Gorgeous performance full of scenes to watch including sarashi (=a long strip of cotton cloth) swinging, yet at the same time, it is no easy for grown-up dancers to do with lightness of steps.

Master Mei-Shu, stayed for a while in Hokkaido, has come home. She lost 8 kilograms in a year – it looks nothing but unusual. Shall I bring you to the hospital? No, it is never allowed for just one of her students to force anything. Just feeling worried is so hard. It looks like telling Mei-Shun that she is powerless.