"The origin of Shirabyoshi is thought to have been when two women (Shima no Sensai and Waka no Mae) started to perform dances dressed as men at some point during the reign of the retired Emperor Toba."
「鳥羽院の時代に島の千歳（せんさい）、和歌の前という2人が舞いだしたのが白拍子の起こりである。」