The First Choryuro IMATSU Association

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Choryuro Imado

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year individual

FY 2021 1st Startup Subsidy

"Sankyoito no Cho"

"Funa Benkei" 1

"Funa Benkei" 2

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Business Overview

It is a concert of 'Nagauta,' which originated as the accompaniment music for Kabuki and is still evolving. Nagauta shamisen player Chotatsuro IMADO was the first memorable concert. The program featured two pieces, "Sangyokuito no Cho" and "Funa Benkei." In "Sankyokuito no Cho," three generations of Naoyuki IMADO, Chotatsuro IMADO and Ryujuro IMADO performed together. "Funa Benkei" was performed by Mitsuya KINEYA, one of the top-class performers in the mid-career, as a tate-uta (vertical song), and by Yoshio NAKAGAWA and Rosen FUJISHAYA, the leading performers who have performed on many stages, as a hayashi (musical accompaniment). It was a performance in which the performer and listeners shared and experienced the real pleasure of nagauta together.

implementation period

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Place of implementation

Kioi Small Hall (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) * Information such as project outline is provided by organizations and individuals who provide grants.

Profile

Choryuro IMADO
Born in Tokyo in 1969 as the eldest son of Naoyuki IMADO, a nagauta singer. In 79, she became a disciple of Ayako IMADO (Living National Treasure). In 85, he was permitted to use the name Chotatsuro IMADO. In 91, he majored in Nagauta shamisen at the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. While at school, he studied under Hiroaki KIKUOKA, Yoshiko TAJIMA, and Kyo AJIMI. Since then, he has performed mainly at Kabuki-za Theater, National Theater and Kioi Hall. In 2005, he received the Award of the Japan Traditional Culture Promotion Foundation. He has also been active in composing music, and he has written many songs such as "Shishio" (NHK E-te "Nihongo de Asobo" currently on air, Nakamura Kankuro) and "Tanoshiya Kabuki" (Lion King), performed by Somegoro ICHIKAWA in Las Vegas in 2016.
He was a member of Nagauta Goin Kai, Soho 21 Dojin, and a member of the Contemporary Japanese Music Composers Association. He is a part-time lecturer at the National University of Music.