Cultural Night in the Spring of Naramachi-Noh

Performance content:
Kongo school noh: Funabenkei

Time and Date

May 31 (Sun) 8 pm

Place

Naramachi Center (Nara)
Information and reservation: 0742-27-1820

Fee

Entrance fee:
500 yen (Up to 100 persons)

Spring Narutaki Noh

Performance content:
Talk and demonstration of noh costumes dressing
Kanze school noh: Tsunemasa

Time and Date

May 31 (Sun) 11 am and 2 pm

Place

Sugiura Noh Stage (Kyoto)
Information and reservation: fax: 075-841-4043 phone: 075-801-5315

Fee

Entrance fee:
3.000 yen for each performance (up to 80 persons)

12th Katayama Kiyoshi Support Performance

Performance content:
Noh: Hyakuman
Kyogen: Busu

Time and Date

May 30 (Sat) 1 pm

Place

Kyoto Kanze Kaikan
Information: 075-532-2840 Fax.075-532-2841

Fee

Entrance fee
Special member: 25.000 yen
Regular member: 12.000 yen
Foundation member: 50.000 yen

Osaka Umewaka Noh

Performance content:
A capella chant: Fujito
Noh: Saigyozakura

Time and Date

Jun 6 (Sun) 12:30 pm

Place

Otsuki Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6761-8055

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 6.000 yen (7.000 yen on the day)
Students: 3.000 yen (3.500 yen on the day)

4th Muko Myojin Kagari (Bamboo Basket) Kyogen

Performance content:
Kyogen: Hi`ire kanja, Busshi, Chidori

Time and Date

May 24 (Sun) 7 pm

Place

Muko shrine Chinju no mori

Fee

Entrance fee:
Presale: 4.000 yen (5.000 yen on the day)
In case of rain the performance is moved to Muko shimin kaikan

Watching Noh: the Play Eboshi`ori

Performance content:
Dance and accompaniment: Sambaso
Dance: Yashima
Kyogen: Kagyu
Noh: Eboshi`ori

Time and Date

May 23 (Sat) 2 pm

Place

Osaka Nohgaku Kaikan

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public (presale): 6.000 yen (7.500 yen on the day)
Students (presale): 4.000 (5.500 yen on the day)

Regular Kongo Noh

Performance content:
Noh: Chikubushima, Kamo monogurui

Time and Date

May 24 (Sun) 1:30 pm

Place

Kongo Nohgakudo
Information: 075-441-7222

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public (presale): 5.500 yen (6.000 yen on the day)
Students: 3.000 yen

Regular Kanze Society Noh Performance

Performance content:
Noh: Yorimasa, Semimaru, Ama
Kyogen: Chidori

Time and Date

May 24 (Sun) 10:30 am

Place

Kyoto Kanze Kaikan
Information: 075-771-6114

Fee

Entrance fee:
Presale: 6.000 yen (6.500 yen on the day)
Students: 3.000 yen

Regular Inoe Students` Noh

Performance content:
Noh chant: Ukibune
Noh: Gofuku
Kyogen: Tachibai
Dance: Sasa no dan, Uto
Noh: Yugyo yanagi

Time and Date

May 23 (Sat) 1 pm

Place

Kyoto Kanze Kaikan
Information: 075-771-6114

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public (presale): 2.800 yen (4.000 yen on the day)
Students: 2.000 yen

One, Two, Three Laughs

Performance content:
Two works of kyogen, rakugo and kodan storytelling each.
Kyogen performers: Shigeyama Motohiko, Shigeyama Shige, Shigeyama Doji
Rakugo performer: Yanagiya Sanza
Kodan performer: Kanda Sanyo

Time and Date

May 22 (Fri) 6:30 pm

Place

Kobe Culture Hall (Middle Hall)
Information: 078-351-3535

Fee

1st floor seats: 3.500 yen
2nd floor seats: 2.800 yen

Kyogen Performance by Nomura Mansai

Performance content:
Explanations:
Izumi school kyogen: Funawatashimuko, Kagyu

Time and Date

May 21 (Thu) 6 pm

Place

Wakayama Prefectural Citizens` Culture Hall (Wakayama Kenmin Bunkakaikan) Large Hall
Information: 073-444-0155

Fee

Entrance fee:
1st floor reserved seats: 5.000 yen (high school students and below: 2.000 yen)
2nd floor unreserved seats: 3.000 yen (high school students and below: 1.000 yen)

Noh Class

Performance contents:
Experience of kyogen and hayashi
Explanations of masks and how to wear them
Kanze school noh: Hagoromo
Okura school kyogen: Bonsan

Time and Date

May 21 (Thu) 6:30 pm

Place

Osaka Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6373-1726

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 1.000 yen
Students: 500

Noh Classroom

Performance contents:
Experience of kyogen and hayashi
Explanations of masks and how to wear them
Kanze school noh: Hagoromo
Okura school kyogen: Bonsan

Time and Date

May 21 (Thu) 6:30 pm

Place

Osaka Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6373-1726

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 1.000 yen
Students: 500

Noshihonganji Noh for the Celebration of the Birth of The Founder

Performance content:
Noh: Sansho

Time and Date

May 21 (Thu) 12:30 pm

Place

Nishihonganji southern noh stage
Information: 075-371-5181

Fee

Donations:
More than 5.000 yen

Night Culture in the Spring of Naramachi-Kyogen

Performance content:
Kyogen: Bonsan

Time and Date

May 20 (Wed) 8 pm

Place

Naramachi Center (Nara)

Fee

Entrance fee:
1.000 yen (the first 100 persons)

Tsuga Cultural Event-Kyogen Performance by the Nomuras

Tsuga Kaikan 25th Anniversary performance, the 1st in the series `Japanese Traditional Music and Performance Art`
Performance content:
Izumi school kyogen: Sadokitsune, performed by Nomura Mansai
Izumi school kyogen: Futaribakama, performed by Nomura Mansaku

Time and Date

May 20 (Wed) 7 pm

Place

Tsuga Bunka Kaikan Hall
Information (Sakai Shiritsu Tsuga Bunka Kaikan): 072-296-0015

Fee

Entrance fee:
Presale: 4.500 yen (5.000 yen on the day)

Hoshunkai Spring Noh

Performance content:
Kongo school noh: Yuki, Sekkyo

Time and Date

May 17 (Sun) 1 pm

Place

Kongo Nohgakudo
Information: 075-441-7222

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 6.000 yen
Students: 3.000 yen

THe Bell of Anchin and Kiyohime, 650 Year Anniversary Ceremony for its Casting

The Hanging Bell from Dojoji in Kyoto
Commemorative ceremony for the bell of Anchin and Kiyohime
Ceremonial dance by Kongo Hisanori
Anniversary performance by Ono Shinjo

Time and Date

May 17 12 noon

Place

Sohonzan (Main temple) Myomanji
Information: Tel. 075-791-7171 Fax. 075-791-7267

Fee

Admission FREE

The Opera Sumidagawa and Curlew River by B. Britten

Performance content:
Kanze school noh: Sumidagawa, performed by Kanze Tetsu-no-jo
Opera: Curlew River, conducted by Takaseki Ken

Time and Date

May 16 (Sat) 6 pm

Place

Izumi Hall

Fee

Entrance fee:
S seats: 8.000 yen
A seats: 6.000 yen
Students: 4.000 yen

A Night with Kamigata Traditional Performance Arts for Beginners

Performance content:
Zasshiki salon social games
Rakugo by Katsura Choba
Kyogen by Ogasawara Tadashi

Time and Date

May 16 (Sat) 7 pm

Place

Yamamoto Nohgakudo

Fee

Entrance fee:
S area (1st fl stage front chairs): 4.500 yen
A area (1st fl stage front cushions): 4.000 yen
A area (1st fl sides and 2nd fl): 3.500 yen

Ikeda Bonfire Noh

Dance and drumming in the Noh education at the Ikeda Satsukiyama Childrens` Culture Center.
Dance and accompaniment: Takasago
Noh: Kakitsubata
Kyogen: Shimizu
Dance: Basho, Uto
Han-noh (half noh): Sekkyo

Time and Date

May 16 (Sat) 5 pm

Place

Ikeda Castle Ruin Park, temporary stage

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 3.000 yen (3.500 yen on the day)
Students: 1.000 yen (1.500 yen on the day)
Primary and middle school children: 500 yen
Non-reserved seats

Otsuki Nohgakudo Independent Noh Performance and Lecture

Performance content:
Lecture by Umehara Takeshi: On Contemplating Noh
Kanze school noh: Itsutsu

Time and Date

May 16 (Sat) 2 pm

Place

Otsuki Nohgakudo

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 4.200 yen (4.700 yen on the day)
Students: 2.600 yen (3.000 yen on the day)

14th Flower Society Noh Performance

Performance content:
Dance and accompaniment: Basho
Kyogen: Bunzo
Noh: Sesshoseki

Time and Date

May 16 (Sat) 1 pm

Place

Osaka Nohgaku Kaikan
Information: 06-6373-1726

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public (presale): 5.000 yen (6.000 yen on the day)
Students: 2.000 yen

16th Deluxe Kyogen Night by the Shigeyama Family

Performance content:
Talk by Shigeyama Senzaburo
Okura school kyogen: Zaiho (by Shigeyama Sensaku), Fumininai (by Shigeyama Sennojo), Kubibiki (by Shigeyama Masakuni)

Time and Date

May 15 (Fri) 6:30 pm

Place

Takatsuki Gendai Gekijo (Middle Hall)

Fee

Entrance fee:
4.500 yen

Aoi Festival Ceremonial Kyogen at Shimogamo Shrine

Ceremonial kyogen at the kagura/noh stage within the shrine upon arrival of the Aoi festival procession

Time and Date

May 15 (Fri) appr. 1 pm

Place

Shimogamo Shrine Kagura Stage

Fee

Admission FREE

Bonfire Noh at Great Kasuga Shrine, Nara

Performance content:
Ceremonial perromance at the exit of the shrine from 11 am at Kasuga Wakamiya Construction: noh play Toru
Ceremonial performance at the Great South Gate Entrance from 17:30 pm (The ruins of the Kofukuji Great South Entrance at the Hannya no shiba):
Noh: Makura Jido, Aoi-no-ue
Kyogen: Gantsubute

Time and Date

May 12 (Tue) 11 am and 5:30 pm

Place

Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji (in case of rain the venues moves to Nara Prefectural Culture Hall (Nara-Ken Bunka Kaikan))

Fee

Entrance fee:
4.000 yen (Kofukuji also has a limited number of unreserved seats in case of clear weather)

One, Two, Three Laughs

Sets of performances of kyogen, rakugo and kodan storytelling (6 in all)
Performers:
Kyogen: Shigeyama Motohiko, Shigeyama Shige, Shigeyama Doji
Rakugo: Yanagiya Sanza
Kodan: Kanda Sanyo

Time and Date

May 11 (Mon) 7 pm

Place

May Theater, Suita City Culture Hall, middle hall

Fee

Entrance fee:
All specified seats 3.500 yen (3.800 yen)

Bonfire Noh at Great Kasuga Shrine, Nara

Shushibashiri ceremony and performance of the auspicious noh play Okina at 111 am.
Ceremony at the Great South Gate (Minami Daimon) at 5:30 pm:
Noh: Yashima, Kazuraki
Kyogen: Chidori

Time and Date

May 11 (Mon) 11 am and 5:30 pm

Place

Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji (Hanya no Shiba lawn by the ruins of Kofukuji Minami Daimon). Relocates to Nara-Ken Bunka Kaikan in case of rain.

Fee

Entrance fee:
4.000 yen (a few seats available without reservation at Kofukuji in the case of clear weather)

Ceremonial Kyogen Performance at Kan Daijin Shrine, Kyoto

Shigeyama Sengoro performs kyogen whithin the shrine

Time and Date

May 10 (Sun) 2 pm

Place

Kan Daijin Shrine

Fee

Admission FREE

Kobe Kanze Society

Performance content:
Kanze school noh: Unrin`in, Akogi
Okura school kyogen: Gantsubute

Time and Date

May 10 (Sat) 1 pm

Place

Ueda Kanshokai Nohgakudo
Information: 078-691-5449

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 6.300 yen (7.350 yen on the day)
Students: 3.150 yen

Regular Oe Noh Performance

Performance content:
Noh: Atsumori, Aoi-no-ue
Noh chant: Semimaru

Time and Date

May 9 (Sat) 1 pm

Place

Oe Nohgakudo
Information: 075-561-0622

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public (presale): 3.000 yen (3.500 yen on the day)
Students: 1.500 yen

Regular Noh Performance by the Onishi Shofu Company

Explanations:
Kanze school noh: Shunkan, Seiganji
Okura school kyogen: Kuchimane

Time and Date

May 9 (Sat) 12:30 pm

Place

Osaka Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6373-1726

Fee

Entrance fee:
General public: 5.500 yen
Students: 2.000 yen

The Relation between Noh and Kabuki, "Ataka " and "Kanjincho"

1rst Part: Kanze school noh: Ataka and Kanjincho
2nd Part: Discussion: talking about Kanjincho with Kataoka Nizaemon

Time and Date

May 6 (Wed) 2 pm

Place

Hyogo Prefectural Art and Culture Center, middle hall
Information: 0798-68-0255

Fee

Entrance fee:
A seats: 12.000 yen
B seats: 11.000 yen

Tosei Noh Special Performance

Talk: Kenreimon`in
Dance: Hanagatami, Basho
Noh: Ohara goko

Time and Date

May 6 (Wed) 2 pm

Place

Toseian Nohbutai
Information: 075-241-2215

Fee

Admission FREE

Hakutsuru Museum Spring Exhibition and Performance-Austere Aesthetics of Drum, Flute and Chant

Performance of noh music from plays based on Chinese themes

Time and Date

May 6 (Wed) 2 pm

Place

Hakutsuru Museum

Fee

Museum entrance fee only

Waiting Matcha in a Machiya Salon (Evening)

Performance of the noh play Ashigari

Time and Date

May 4 (Mon/Hol) 7:30 pm

Place

Yamamoto Nohgakudo

Fee

Entrance fee:
1.000 yen (includes snack and tea serving)

Waiting Matcha in a Machiya Salon (Afternoon)

Performance content: Ashigari

Time and Date

May 4 (Mon/Hol) 2 pm

Place

Yamamoto Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6943-9454

Fee

Entrance fee:
1.000 yen (includes snack and tea serving)

Spring Kyogen, Osaka Performance-Special Childrens` Day Event (2nd Day)

Performance content:
Talk and workshop by Shigeyama Sennojo, Shigeyama Ippei, Shigeyama Doji
Okura school kyogen: Bushi, Kagyu

Time and Date

May 4 (Mon/Hol) 2 pm

Place

Otsuki Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6353-8988

Fee

Entrance fee:
Presale: 4.000 yen (4.500 yen on the day)
For May 4 performance only pair tickets availabale: 6.500 yen

Spring Kyogen, Osaka Performance-Special Childrens` Day Event (1st Day, Evening)

Performance content:
Talk by Shigeyama Akira
Okura school kyogen: Tsukushi no oku performed by Shigeyama Doji
Okura school kyogen: Konusubito
Okura school kyogen: Neongyoku performed by Shigeyama Senzaburo

Time and Date

May 3 (Sun) 6:30 pm

Place

Otsuki Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6353-8988

Fee

Entrance fee:
Presale: 5.000 yen (5.500 yen on the day)
Tickets for both performances on May 3: 9.500 yen
All tickets for reserved seats

Spring Kyogen, Osaka Performance-Special Childrens` Day Event (1st Day, Afternoon)

Performance content:
Talk by Shigeyama Sennojo
Okura school kyogen: Kakuregasa performed by Shigeyama Motohiko
Okura school kyogen: Tsukushi performed by Shigeyama Sennojo
Okura shool kyogen: Tanuki no harazutsumi performed by Shigeyama Senzaburo

Time and Date

May 3 (Sun/Hol) 2 pm

Place

Otsuki Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6353-8988

Fee

Entrance fee:
Presale: 5.000 yen (5.500 yen on the day)
Tickets for both perfromances on May 3 available: 9.500 yen
All tickets for reserved seats

A Night with Kamigata Traditional Performance Arts for Beginners

Performance contents:
Noh: Uto
Kamigata dance, Joruri chant, Rakugo

Time and Date

May 2 (Sat) 7 pm

Place

Yamamoto Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6943-9454

Fee

Entrance fee:
S area (1st fl stage front, chairs): 4.500 yen
A area (1st fl stage front, chairs): 4.000 yen
B area (1st fl sides and 2nd fl): 3.500 yen

Oka sen`nari Kyogen

Performance content:
Kyogen, either for the following plays: Kanazu, Hanashizume, Chigiriki
A lot will be drawn to decide the one play to be performed this evening
Performed by Okura Sentaro a.o.

Time and Date

May 2 (Sat) 6 pm

Place

Nara Kofukuji Main Building (World Heritage)
Information: 06-6944-0842

Fee

Entrance fee:
11.000 yen (includes food and drink)
Up to 100 persons (first come first served)

Todaiji Noh in Reverence for the Great Roshana Buddha

Performance content:
Okura school kyogen and Komparu school noh: Kakitsubata

Time and Date

May 2 (Sat) 3 pm

Place

Todaiji, Kagami pond temporary Noh stage in front of The Great Buddha Hall

Fee

Admission FREE

Three Appearances of Tadanobu

Performance content:
Noh: Tadanobu
Bunraku: Yoshitsune senbonzakura
Rakugo: Neko no Tadanobu

Time and Date

May 1 (Fri) 7:30 pm

Place

Yamamoto Nohgakudo
Information: 06-6943-9454

Fee

Entrance fee:
S area: 4.500 yen (5.000 yen on the day)
A area: 4.000 yen (4.500 yen on the day)
B area: 3.500 yen (4.000 yen on the day)

Sumiyoshi Shrine Ceremonial Noh Performance

Time and Date

May 1 (Fri) 11

Place

Sumiyoshi Shrine, Osaka

Fee

Admission FREE