Live performance of tradition, technique and beauty "Ippu Manbai"
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Thank you for the NPO team.
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY28 Creation Grant [Single-year grant program] 2nd term
Business Overview
Under the theme of a live performance of tradition, technique and beauty, it is created as a stage that conveys the new charm of Japan by incorporating noh, Japanese dance, contemporary dance, Japanese musical instruments (Japanese musical accompaniment and Japanese drum), western musical instruments and flower arrangement, and combining classical and new works, traditional and modern. The stage attempts to express yin and yang, stillness and movement, and the sound of silence by bringing together various elements and conflicting elements in an attempt to convey the basis of Japanese culture.
- Period of Activity / Project
- January 11, 2017 – 19
- Venues
- Armstrong Theater (Los Angeles)
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Profile
1966: Founded Tokyo's first professional Japanese drum group, Sukeroku Taiko. He has performed and taught in three cities in the United States and became the founder of the American drum boom. 1968: Became a pupil of the Mochizuki school of Kabuki Hayashikata. After his retirement, he belonged to the Kikugoro ONOE theater company and later appeared in NHK and the National Theater. He also worked as a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts.