MUROBUSHI KO SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD A NEW SENSATION OF DANCE AND IS AN OUTSTANDING FIGURE IN THE LANDSCAPE OF "BUT?" FOR HAVING PERPETUATED THE EXPLORATION OF THE POLITICAL QUALITY INTRINSIC TO HIJIKATA TATSUMI'S ANTI-DANCE. IN DOING SO, MUROBUSHI ATTEMPTED TO CHALLENGE THE IMAGE OF "BUTO" ITSELF AND TO CONTINUOUSLY REMAP CORPOREALITY. HIS COUNTER-DISCOURSE AND ARTISTIC INVESTIGATION ELABORATED CRITICAL ASSESSMENTS OF IDENTITY, BODY AND DANCE IN RELATION TO KNOWLEDGE, GENDER, SOCIETY, POLITICS, IDEOLOGY AND RELIGION. UNDER ANALYSIS ARE PARADOXICAL CONFIGURATIONS RISING FROM A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN HIS EARLY PRACTICE OF "SHUGENDO" AND HIS ANTI-RELIGIOUS ATTITUDE, HIS INFLUENCE OUTSIDE JAPAN AND HIS CRITICAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS A STEREOTYPED IMAGE OF "BUTO". IT IS ALSO DEMONSTRATED HOW PRACTICES OF SELF-MUMMIFICATION, THE "OUTSIDE" AND HIS ANTI-DANCE OF IMMOBILITY ARE INTIMATELY CONCATENATED IN AN IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT. THIS WORK IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT OF A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON MUROBUSHI'S HISTORY, THOUGHT, DANCE AND WRITINGS.