Nomura Mineyama and Take no Shinsengumi - Tradition and Creativity - Vol. 2
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Tozan school shakuhachi, Hozan Eichiku no Shinsengumi
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY Reiwa 5(2023) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
This project aims at both tradition and creativity in shakuhachi music. The first is to ensure the orthodox transmission of Tosan-ryu shakuhagaku, and the second is to create new shakuhagaku. Professional musicians belonging to the Miyakozan-ryu school gathered and invited Hosanshi NOMURA (Living National Treasure), who was active at the forefront, as the music director, with the aim of passing down the performance method of the Miyakozan-ryu school honkyoku basic style and reinvigorating creative activities for shakuhachi through the performance of pieces published from the Meiji period to the Showa period. In this second event, through a demonstration of the solo part of the Miyakozan-ryu school honkyoku played in unison and the re-performance of works composed by shakuhachi musicians in the 1970s, research and performance presentations were conducted on the reformation of a small composition into a large composition. At the same time, through these activities, the Shinsengumi aimed to further promote the attractiveness of shakuhachi, to make shakuhachi music more familiar, and to become shakuhachi players and instructors who would lead the Tozan school of shakuhachi and shakuhachi music in the future.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, February 24, 2024
- Venues
- Kioi Small Hall (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Tozan-ryu Shakuhachi Pozan-kai Bamboo Shinsengumi]
Tozan-ryu Shakuhachi Pozan-kai held a series of performances titled "The Sound of Bamboo" and received a special award at Nagoya Citizens' Art Festival in 2018. Taking this opportunity, he selected professional musicians and young musicians with the same aspirations from the members. Established in 2020 as a new group based in Tokyo that presents the appeal of shakuhachigaku with the two causes of "handing down the Miyakozan-ryu Honkyoku" and "creating a new shakuhachigaku." In 2023, his members won the first to fourth prizes in the 47 th Tosan-ryu Honkyoku Contest.