VR Noh: A Project to Promote Nohgaku to the World Using the Latest VR Technology
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Youth Performance Committee
- subsidy category
- Tokyo Tokyo FESTIVAL Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY 2017 Tokyo Culture Program Grant: Support for Future Proposing Projects
Business Overview
Noh, in particular, has an interesting aspect that can be understood by experiencing it, and in order to make it possible for anyone to experience it from any place, the camera was set at the point of view of the Noh actor during filming. This project is motivated by the desire to further enhance the immersion of VR works created by utilizing the affinity between the gyroscopic function of VR and the active appreciation method of Nohgaku. The goal is to have VR materials that can be edited in any way to meet the growing interest in Japan by 2020. Based on the results of a questionnaire survey conducted at the 13 Youth Noh, the film was edited into a 10 minute video in which a Noh actor, Keisuke Shiotsu, guided a tour of the Noh theater, and then watched the Noh play Hagoromo on the premise of newly acquired knowledge and scenery. The screening was a test screening at the Toppan VR Theater.
- Period of Activity / Project
- The 13 Youth Noh on Saturday, January 6, 2018, the VR Noh preview on Tuesday, April 24, and presented at the Tokyo Kimono Show 2018 from Wednesday, May 2 to Sunday, May 6.
- Venues
- Hosho Noh Theater (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo), Printing Museum VR Theater of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo), Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall (Chuo Ward, Tokyo)
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Profile
[Youth Noh Performance Committee]
Since its first performance in 2004, Youth Noh has been run by students and adult volunteers interested in Japanese culture, led by Keisuke SHIOTSU of Kita school shite-kata (lead actor), to broaden the base of people who enjoy Noh and to propose various ways of enjoying Noh. New ways of enjoying Noh have been popularized, such as the fact that it can be watched with preschool children, the system that supports the fee for minors and students, and the utilization of technologies such as Twitter commentary and U-stream broadcasting during performances to provide traditional culture accessible to young people.