My father, the earless biwa player
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Edo Itoayatsuri Ningyo Yukiza
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 5(2023) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
Singaporean playwright and director Jeong Tse Sien has been invited to perform a contemporary adaptation of Hearless Hoichi, a ghost story by Hearn Koizumi. The obsession with art and insanity of the ruined genius biwa player Hoichi resonated with the grudge of the Heike busho (Japanese military commander) and the disturbing world situation, leading to a catastrophic end. Kanji SHIMIZU, a Noh actor, was invited as a Heike busho (Japanese military commander), and Yasumizu ARAI, a Satsuma biwa player, was invited as a live biwa player, and the stage became a fusion of Japanese traditional performing arts of puppets, Noh and biwa, while it was a modern play. Program: "My father, the earless biwa player" Cast: Ryokawa Funayu, Yuki Magosaburo, Yuki Ikuko, Yumoto Aki, Onuki Yasuaki, Oura Emi, Ando Hikaru Guest cast: Shimizu Kanji (Noh actor), Arai Yasusui (biwa player) Original: Koizumi Yakumo 'The Story of Hoichi Miminashi' Adaptation/Direction: Chung Tse-sien Translation: Sawada Keiji Drama Turku: Boyd Mariko Doll Art/Costume: Max Tan Stage art: Kubota Yuto Lighting: Yokohara Yusuke Sound: Shima Takeshi Video: Hamashima Masahiro Interpreter/Assistant Director: Hara Keita Stage director: Aoki Norio
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, December 10, 2023 - 17th (Sat)
- Venues
- Zamza Asaya (Suginami Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Edo Itoayatsuri Ningyo Yukiza]
During the Edo period when Japanese culture flourished, the first Magosaburo YUKI founded the troupe in Nihonbashi in 1635 (Kanei 12), and it became an authorized troupe of the bakufu. Magosaburo YUKI the 13th currently serves as the leader. Under the slogan of "two wheels of classics and new works," he has been deepening the classics and traditions, while also projecting the spirit of social satire and avant-garde on the stage in contemporary theater. It has performed not only in Japan but also in dozens of countries around the world, and is the only Itoayatsuri puppet theater company in Japan that has been designated as an intangible cultural property of the nation and Tokyo.