The 15 Meeting of Living National Treasures
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Shinnai General Incorporated Association
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 3(2021) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-year Grant
Business Overview
It has been held since 2007 at the National Theater as a performance where several performers in the field of traditional performing arts, among the Living National Treasures designated as Important Intangible Cultural Properties, gather together. This is the 15th performance. This time, four Living National Treasures will appear: Nao Fujisha, Kiyomoto Kiyojudayu, Kanda Matsukoi, and Shinuchi Nakasaburo. In addition, successors and disciples of various fields were invited to play the main roles, and the depth and fun of traditional performing arts that are not bound by the boundaries and the succession of traditional performing arts were expressed.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Sunday, June 12, 2022
- Venues
- Small Theater, National Theater (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[General Incorporated Association Shinnai]
Shinnai is an organization that conducts performance activities and nurtures classical performing arts with the aim of contributing to the development of cultural society in order to spread Japanese classical performing arts widely and pass them on to future generations. Tomiaki TSUNODA, the representative director, is the fourth head of the Shinnaibushi Fujigen school. He started to learn Shinnai-bushi at the age of 6 and became a disciple of his uncle Nakazo SHINUCHI at the age of 15, and was allowed to use the name Nakasaburo SHINUCHI at the age of 18. In 1984, he succeeded to the sixth iemoto of the Fujimoto school, and the following year, he gave a performance to announce his succession to the iemoto at Kabuki-za Theater. In 2001, he was designated as the holder of the Shin-naibushi shamisen (Living National Treasure), an Important Intangible Cultural Property, and in 15, he was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon. In 2017, he became the fourth head of the Shinnai Fujigen school, and has continued to this day.