Sosha Shrine Annual Festival Eve Kyogen Performance

Sagiryu is one of the Kyogen schools, which was passed down in only three places in Japan. The Sagiryu, Izumiryu and Okuraryu schools were discontinued after the Meiji Restoration in the late 19th century, but Izumiryu and Okuraryu schools were later revived. However, the Sagiryu Kyogen school continued to decline. Today, a group called "Tekihokai" based in the former Mano Town, is working to preserve the style. During the Annual Festival Eve of Sosha Shrine, the Sado Sagiryu Kyogen Study Group and Mano Junior High School's Kyogen Club, performs Sagiryu Kyogen performances.

Kyogen is a traditional form of Japanese comic theatre performed alongside Noh. Using everyday language, exaggerated movements, and humour, it portrays ordinary people and satirises human behaviour, providing lighthearted contrast to the seriousness of Noh drama.