Cultural Night in the Spring of Naramachi-Noh
Performance content:
Kongo school noh: Funabenkei
May 31 (Sun) 8 pm | |
Naramachi Center (Nara) | |
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Spring Narutaki Noh
Performance content:
Talk and demonstration of noh costumes dressing
Kanze school noh: Tsunemasa
May 31 (Sun) 11 am and 2 pm | |
Sugiura Noh Stage (Kyoto) | |
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12th Katayama Kiyoshi Support Performance
Performance content:
Noh: Hyakuman
Kyogen: Busu
May 30 (Sat) 1 pm | |
Kyoto Kanze Kaikan | |
Entrance fee |
Osaka Umewaka Noh
Performance content:
A capella chant: Fujito
Noh: Saigyozakura
Jun 6 (Sun) 12:30 pm | |
Otsuki Nohgakudo | |
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4th Muko Myojin Kagari (Bamboo Basket) Kyogen
Performance content:
Kyogen: Hi`ire kanja, Busshi, Chidori
May 24 (Sun) 7 pm | |
Muko shrine Chinju no mori | |
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Watching Noh: the Play Eboshi`ori
Performance content:
Dance and accompaniment: Sambaso
Dance: Yashima
Kyogen: Kagyu
Noh: Eboshi`ori
May 23 (Sat) 2 pm | |
Osaka Nohgaku Kaikan | |
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Regular Kongo Noh
Performance content:
Noh: Chikubushima, Kamo monogurui
May 24 (Sun) 1:30 pm | |
Kongo Nohgakudo | |
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Regular Kanze Society Noh Performance
Performance content:
Noh: Yorimasa, Semimaru, Ama
Kyogen: Chidori
May 24 (Sun) 10:30 am | |
Kyoto Kanze Kaikan | |
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Regular Inoe Students` Noh
Performance content:
Noh chant: Ukibune
Noh: Gofuku
Kyogen: Tachibai
Dance: Sasa no dan, Uto
Noh: Yugyo yanagi
May 23 (Sat) 1 pm | |
Kyoto Kanze Kaikan | |
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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
May 22 (Fri) 6:30 pm | |
Kobe Culture Hall (Middle Hall) | |
1st floor seats: 3.500 yen |
Kyogen Performance by Nomura Mansai
Performance content:
Explanations:
Izumi school kyogen: Funawatashimuko, Kagyu
May 21 (Thu) 6 pm | |
Wakayama Prefectural Citizens` Culture Hall (Wakayama Kenmin Bunkakaikan) Large Hall | |
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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
May 21 (Thu) 6:30 pm | |
Osaka Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 21 (Thu) 6:30 pm | |
Osaka Nohgakudo | |
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Noshihonganji Noh for the Celebration of the Birth of The Founder
Performance content:
Noh: Sansho
May 21 (Thu) 12:30 pm | |
Nishihonganji southern noh stage | |
Donations: |
Night Culture in the Spring of Naramachi-Kyogen
Performance content:
Kyogen: Bonsan
May 20 (Wed) 8 pm | |
Naramachi Center (Nara) | |
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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
May 20 (Wed) 7 pm | |
Tsuga Bunka Kaikan Hall | |
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Hoshunkai Spring Noh
Performance content:
Kongo school noh: Yuki, Sekkyo
May 17 (Sun) 1 pm | |
Kongo Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 17 12 noon | |
Sohonzan (Main temple) Myomanji | |
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
May 16 (Sat) 6 pm | |
Izumi Hall | |
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A Night with Kamigata Traditional Performance Arts for Beginners
Performance content:
Zasshiki salon social games
Rakugo by Katsura Choba
Kyogen by Ogasawara Tadashi
May 16 (Sat) 7 pm | |
Yamamoto Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 16 (Sat) 5 pm | |
Ikeda Castle Ruin Park, temporary stage | |
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Otsuki Nohgakudo Independent Noh Performance and Lecture
Performance content:
Lecture by Umehara Takeshi: On Contemplating Noh
Kanze school noh: Itsutsu
May 16 (Sat) 2 pm | |
Otsuki Nohgakudo | |
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14th Flower Society Noh Performance
Performance content:
Dance and accompaniment: Basho
Kyogen: Bunzo
Noh: Sesshoseki
May 16 (Sat) 1 pm | |
Osaka Nohgaku Kaikan | |
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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)
May 15 (Fri) 6:30 pm | |
Takatsuki Gendai Gekijo (Middle Hall) | |
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Aoi Festival Ceremonial Kyogen at Shimogamo Shrine
Ceremonial kyogen at the kagura/noh stage within the shrine upon arrival of the Aoi festival procession
May 15 (Fri) appr. 1 pm | |
Shimogamo Shrine Kagura Stage | |
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
May 12 (Tue) 11 am and 5:30 pm | |
Kasuga Taisha and Kofukuji (in case of rain the venues moves to Nara Prefectural Culture Hall (Nara-Ken Bunka Kaikan)) | |
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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
May 11 (Mon) 7 pm | |
May Theater, Suita City Culture Hall, middle hall | |
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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
May 11 (Mon) 11 am and 5:30 pm | |
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. | |
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Ceremonial Kyogen Performance at Kan Daijin Shrine, Kyoto
Shigeyama Sengoro performs kyogen whithin the shrine
May 10 (Sun) 2 pm | |
Kan Daijin Shrine | |
Admission FREE |
Kobe Kanze Society
Performance content:
Kanze school noh: Unrin`in, Akogi
Okura school kyogen: Gantsubute
May 10 (Sat) 1 pm | |
Ueda Kanshokai Nohgakudo | |
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Regular Oe Noh Performance
Performance content:
Noh: Atsumori, Aoi-no-ue
Noh chant: Semimaru
May 9 (Sat) 1 pm | |
Oe Nohgakudo | |
Entrance fee: |
Regular Noh Performance by the Onishi Shofu Company
Explanations:
Kanze school noh: Shunkan, Seiganji
Okura school kyogen: Kuchimane
May 9 (Sat) 12:30 pm | |
Osaka Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 6 (Wed) 2 pm | |
Hyogo Prefectural Art and Culture Center, middle hall | |
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Tosei Noh Special Performance
Talk: Kenreimon`in
Dance: Hanagatami, Basho
Noh: Ohara goko
May 6 (Wed) 2 pm | |
Toseian Nohbutai | |
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
May 6 (Wed) 2 pm | |
Hakutsuru Museum | |
Museum entrance fee only |
Waiting Matcha in a Machiya Salon (Evening)
Performance of the noh play Ashigari
May 4 (Mon/Hol) 7:30 pm | |
Yamamoto Nohgakudo | |
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Waiting Matcha in a Machiya Salon (Afternoon)
Performance content: Ashigari
May 4 (Mon/Hol) 2 pm | |
Yamamoto Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 4 (Mon/Hol) 2 pm | |
Otsuki Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 3 (Sun) 6:30 pm | |
Otsuki Nohgakudo | |
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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
May 3 (Sun/Hol) 2 pm | |
Otsuki Nohgakudo | |
Entrance fee: |
A Night with Kamigata Traditional Performance Arts for Beginners
Performance contents:
Noh: Uto
Kamigata dance, Joruri chant, Rakugo
May 2 (Sat) 7 pm | |
Yamamoto Nohgakudo | |
Entrance fee: |
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.
May 2 (Sat) 6 pm | |
Nara Kofukuji Main Building (World Heritage) | |
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Todaiji Noh in Reverence for the Great Roshana Buddha
Performance content:
Okura school kyogen and Komparu school noh: Kakitsubata
May 2 (Sat) 3 pm | |
Todaiji, Kagami pond temporary Noh stage in front of The Great Buddha Hall | |
Admission FREE |
Three Appearances of Tadanobu
Performance content:
Noh: Tadanobu
Bunraku: Yoshitsune senbonzakura
Rakugo: Neko no Tadanobu
May 1 (Fri) 7:30 pm | |
Yamamoto Nohgakudo | |
Entrance fee: |
Sumiyoshi Shrine Ceremonial Noh Performance
May 1 (Fri) 11 | |
Sumiyoshi Shrine, Osaka | |
Admission FREE |