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第16回 桂諷會
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Noh: Motomizuka by Nagayama Keizo
Kyogen: Magnet by Nomura Mansaku and Nomura Mansai
Shimay: Kikujido by Kanze Tetsunojo
Noh: Ishibashi by Nagayama Rinzo and Nagayama Keizo
【Pre-performance Lecture】Prior to the main performance, we will provide an easy-to-understand explanation of the highlights of the play, including practical demonstrations, so that you can enjoy the performance in a deeper and more enjoyable way.
Date and time: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Venue: Setagaya Nagayama Noh Stage (4-31-3 Kaminoge, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo)
Fee: 1,000 yen (limited to 15 people)
Application: Please apply by phone to Tessenkai (03-3401-2285).
【Pre-Lecture Video Streaming】After the pre-lecture, a video of the event will be streamed online. If you would like to stream the video, please apply to Tessenkai (03-3401-2285). We will ask for your email address at that time and send the URL and password for the video stream to the email address you specify at a later date.
Streaming viewing fee: 1,000 yen
*Due to circumstances, the program and performers may change without notice.
*Entry and exit to the auditorium may be restricted during the performance.
*Any behavior that may cause inconvenience to other customers, as well as the bringing in of dangerous items and alcoholic beverages, are strictly prohibited.
*Eating and drinking in the auditorium, and taking photographs, recordings, and filming without the organizer's permission are strictly prohibited.
*Please turn off any devices that emit sound or light, such as mobile phones, during the performance as they will interfere with the performance.
*Tickets cannot be canceled, exchanged for other performances, or refunded, except in the case of cancellation of the performance due to force majeure such as natural disasters.
【Performance homepage】http://www.tessen.org/schedule/kikaku/241124_keifukai
Noh play Motomezuka
Early spring in the village of Ikuta, Settsu Province (Hyogo Prefecture). When a traveling monk is asked where the famous Motomezuka is, the women who appear to pick young leaves coldly reply that they don't know and walk away. However, the one woman who remains leads the monk to Motomezuka and tells him its history.
Long ago, there was a woman called Unaiotome in this area. She was courted by two men, Sasadaonoko and Chinunomasurao, and she decided to have them shoot mandarin ducks at the same time, and choose the one who shot the duck most successfully. However, the two arrows hit the same wing, and in the end, unable to choose between them, she regretted having needlessly taken the mandarin duck's life and threw herself into the Ikuta River. Afterwards, the men stabbed each other to death in front of the mound...
Having said this, the woman disappears, asking the monk for help.
When the spirit of the virgin appears at the monk's funeral, she is shown one after another the gruesome scenes of the eight great hells. Otakeda Danshi and Chinuma Tsuyoshi hold the virgin's hand and pull her to the ground, while a terrifying mandarin duck with an iron beak and sword legs butts her head and eats her marrow. She is then chased by the prison guards who are whipping her, and even if she tries to escape, she is faced with the sea in front of her and flames behind her. When she instinctively clings to a pillar, the pillar also suddenly becomes flames and tortures the virgin...
This piece was restored in 1951 by the 6th Kanze Tetsunojō (Kasetsu), and along with "Miyama," which was restored by the 8th Tetsunojō (Shizuyuki), it is a restored Noh piece associated with the Tetsunojō family. The contrast between the carefree scene of young leaves picked in early spring in the first half and the dark and gloomy state of hell in the second half, and the image of a virgin suffering there, leaves a vivid impression on the viewer.
Kyogen Jishaku (Magnetic)
A country bumpkin from Mitsuke Village in Totomi Province (west Shizuoka Prefecture) stops at Matsumoto, Otsu, on his way to the capital. A conman, Suppa (a conman), notices the bumpkin and, pretending to be from the same town, skillfully lures the bumpkin into a teahouse. In reality, the teahouse owner is a human trafficker, and Suppa is planning to sell the bumpkin. The two men have a secret conversation and agree to pay the money the next morning, but the country bumpkin, who has eavesdropped on the conversation, gets there before the money is handed over and escapes with it.
Realizing that he has been outwitted, Suppa chases the country bumpkin in a panic, raising his sword and threatening him. Suddenly, the country boy yells out loud and tries to swallow the sword...
A kyogen piece with a unique concept.
Noh: Stone Bridge, Great Lion (Shakkyo Oojishi)
Oe Sadamoto, who became a monk and changed his name to Jakkyo, crosses the sea with the aim of going to China and heaven. During his journey to visit Buddhist sites, Jakkyo reaches the steep Qingliang Mountain (Shanxi Province, China) and finds a stone bridge barely spanning a hair-raisingly deep valley, about one shaku (about 30 cm) wide and three jo (about 9 m) long.
A mysterious boy appears and tells Jakkyo that on the other side of the bridge is the Pure Land where Manjusri Bodhisattva lives, but that even a famous monk would have difficulty crossing the bridge.
Soon, a lion, a sacred beast serving Manjusri Bodhisattva, appears from the other side of the bridge, and dances and plays heroically among the fragrant red and white peonies in celebration of the eternal spring...
Noh has had an enormous influence on later performing arts such as early modern Japanese music and Kabuki dance, and is a serious Noh performance in which the lion dances and plays among the peony flowers with dynamic movements and intense spirit. This time, the performance will include the first half of the play, in which a child appears, which is usually omitted.
When the kogaki (special production) for "Oshishi" is played, a white and red parent and child lion appear, and each dances and plays solemnly and swiftly, creating a more gorgeous production that emphasizes the celebratory nature of the performance.
Noh: Motomizuka
First Shite: Natsume, Keizo Nagayama
Second Shite: The spirit of the virgin Unahi, the same
Tsure: Natsume, Takahiro Kitanami
the same, the same, Otoharu Sakai
Waki: Traveling monk, Tsunezo Hosho
Waki-Tsure: Attendant monk, Yoshihiro Tateda
the same, the same, Masanori Umemura
Ai: Person from his place, Hiroharu Fukada
Flute: Hiroyuki Matsuda
Small drum: Masahiro Sowa
Large drum: Jun Kunikawa
Taiko drummer Soemon Kaneharu
Guardian Tetsunojo Kanze
Hisashi Uzawa
Yasumitsu Kobayakawa Jiichi Asami
Yasuteru Kobayakawa Masamichi Yamazaki
Jiutai singers Takayasu Ando Fumitaka Asai
Kozo Nagayama Masaki Umano
〈20 minute break〉
Kyogen Magnet
Shite Suppa Mansaku Nomura
Ad Country boy Mansai Nomura
Small Ad Chaya Takano Kazunori
Guardian Haruo Tsukizaki
Shimai Kikujido Tetsunojo Kanze
Jiutai Umano Masaki
Asami Jiichi
Kitanami Takahiro
Kobayakawa Yasumitsu
Noh Ishibashi Ojishi
First shite Doji Rinzo Nagayama
Second shite Akajishi Same
Tsure Whitejishi Keizo Nagayama
Waki Jakushohoshi Yoshihiro Noguchi
Ai Hermit Nomura Yuki
Flute Sugi Shintaro
Small drum Okura Genjiro
Large drum Okura Keinosuke
Taiko Hayashi Yuichiro
Guardian Shimizu Kanji
Nagayama Kozo
Uzawa Hikaru
Kobayakawa Yasuteru Shibata Minoru
Takeda Fumichi Kanze Atsuo
Jiutai Sakai Otoga Kanze Tetsunojo
Takeda Tomoyuki Nishimura Takao
You can see the original information(Japanese).
Event and ticketing information
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Location National Noh Theater
国立能楽堂
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Date 2024/11/24(Sun) 13:00
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Price 5,000 JPY ～ 13,000 JPY(tax included)
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Contact 公益社団法人銕仙会（てっせんかい）
TEL: 03-3401-2285 (Only in Japanese.)
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Period of Sale 2024/07/01(Mon) 10:00 ～ 2024/11/24(Sun) 11:00
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Not the period of sale