The Gigaku school (also called Kagura school) is seen nationwide (in particular, in western Japan), and it is categorized into three types, big lion, middle-sized lion, and small lion, according to the number of people who get into the body part of the lion costume.
伎楽系（神楽系）の獅子舞は西日本を中心として全国的に分布し、胴体部分に入る人数で大獅子、中獅子、小獅子と区分される。