Reigakusha Gagaku Concert No. 41 Gagaku at Edo Castle: Various Attempts
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- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 5(2023) 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
When it comes to gagaku, nobles in the Heian period come to mind, but we cannot forget the Edo period as the period when gagaku revived and flourished. The third shogun Iemitsu revived 'Seikai ha' (Blue Sea Wave) at Nijo-jo Castle for the first time in approximately 200 years, while the second son of the eighth shogun Yoshimune, Munetake TAYASU, immersed himself in the study of gagaku (ancient Japanese court music) and attempted to restore it, leaving an enormous amount of scores. Confucian scholars were also interested in gagaku, and Sorai OGYU found the flute score and lyrics of 'Akifuraku' written on the back of a paper, and sang it with a biwa (Japanese lute). In the first half of this concert, we introduced these attempts, and in the second half, we played a part of the Eichu Kangen that was played at Edo Castle in Bunsei 6 (1823) by court nobles, musicians of Sanpo, and Momijiyama musicians, and introduced a part of the gagaku that was full of energy in the Edo period. < Program > Bugaku Seikaiha Kangen Shogu tone Anrakukyoku (from "Kyoku-ko Appendices" by Munetake TAYASU) Akifuraku edited by Sorai OGYU (from the lyrics of "Koto Yobo") Bunsei 6 (1823), from Edojo Ryuei Kangen: Ryozo tone, Saibara 'Sekiden,' Tokyu Zangaku Ritsuhei tone, Manzairaku (Enshi byoshi), Saibara 'Isekai (shi byoshi),' Gojo Rakukyu performed at Reigakusha in cooperation with planning and replayed music by Toru ENDO (professor of Tokyo Gakugei University).
- Period of Activity / Project
- January 29, 2024
- Venues
- Yotsuya Kumin Hall (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[General Incorporated Association Reigakusha]
Gagaku performance group. It was established by Sukeyasu SHIBA in 1985. Current music director Miyata Mayumi. Since its establishment, it has actively engaged not only in the current classical pieces of Gagaku, but also in the reproduction of abolished pieces, the restoration of Shosoin instruments, and the performance of modern pieces. He has commissioned new works for Joji YUASA, Satoshi HITOTSUYANAGI, Shinichiro IKEBE, Michio Kitazume, Toshio HOSOKAWA, Toshiro SARUTANI, Nao ISAJI, Yu KUWAHARA and others. In addition, Toru TAKEMITSU's' Shuteiga Ichigu '(Autumn Garden Poetry) has been one of the important repertoire pieces since the foundation, and it has been repeatedly performed in Japan and abroad. In 2002, he received the Kenzo Nakajima Music Award Special Prize. He received the 16 Keizo SAJI Award for his performance of 'The Reigakusha 13 Gagaku Concert ~ Toru TAKEMITSU Autumn Garden Poetry.'. In 2020, he won the ENEOS Music Award in the Japanese music category.