The 3rd Noh Kyogen Appreciation Meeting with Sign Language

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

The 14 Roppeita Memorial Foundation

subsidy category

Social support through arts and culture

Grant Type

single year

FY 2018 Social Support through Arts and Culture (Phase 1)

Photo by Maejima Photography Co., Ltd.

Photo by Maejima Photography Co., Ltd.

Photo by Maejima Photography Co., Ltd.

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Business Overview

This project was started in 2016 with the aim of creating an environment where people with hearing impairments and normal people can enjoy the same performance together. The Deaf Theater Company of Japan, which has a high reputation for its sign language kyogen both at home and abroad, was invited to perform a sign language kyogen ichiban from its representative repertoire, and a noh ichiban with simultaneous sign language interpretation by the troupe members was held for the first time in the noh world. In 2018, the 3rd performance, the Noh play 'Funa Benkei' was performed with a new sign language interpretation script, and the performance continues to evolve year by year by devising noh sign language expressions and the performers themselves acting in sign language. It also aims to complete a theater-going service for the hearing-impaired by introducing a tactile sound system provided by audio manufacturer Pioneer and providing sign language interpretation and tactile experience.

implementation period

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Place of implementation

The 14th Kita Roppeita Memorial Nohgakudo (Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Public Interest Incorporated Foundation 14 Roppeita Memorial Foundation]
The foundation has continued its activities in order to pass down the achievements of Roppeita KITA, the 14th head of the Kita school of Nohgaku shite-kata (lead actors), who is famous as a master of modern Nohgaku, as well as to maintain the Kita Nohgakudo, which is the school's base, and to disseminate and hand down the techniques of the Kita school of Nohgaku both domestically and internationally through Nohgaku performances and experience programs for beginners, young people and foreigners.