"Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju Tsuki Kannon-mawari" Tokyo Performance

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Odawara Cultural Foundation

subsidy category

Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Subsidy

Grant Type

single year

FY 2013 Phase I Tokyo Arts and Culture Promotion Grant (Single Year Grant Program)

Photo: Odawara Cultural Foundation

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Business Overview

In September and October 2013, they will hold overseas performances (Madrid, Rome, Paris) for the purpose of international cultural exchange. This work was performed in Tokyo. Contemporary art artist Hiroshi SUGIMOTO added his own interpretation to Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU's representative work, "Sonezaki Shinju Tsuki Kannon-mawari" (Sonezaki Shinju Tsuki Kannon-mawari), and under the direction and composition of Ningyo Joruri Bunrakuza's Seiji TSURUSAWA (shamisen: Living National Treasure), he handled the composition, direction, art and video. The primary purpose of the production is to completely revive CHIKAMATSU's original work, which is different from the current piece "Sonezaki Shinju," which is usually performed in bunraku performances, and by creating a bunraku direction that fuses modern art and traditional performing arts, he aims to communicate the possibilities of Japanese traditional performing art "bunraku" to the world and propose new ideas for Japanese culture.

implementation period

Thursday, March 20, 2014 ~ 23rd (Sun)

Place of implementation

Setagaya Public Theater (Setagaya Ward, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Hiroshi Sugimoto]
Born in Tokyo in 1948. He has lived in New York since 1974. As a contemporary artist, he has held solo exhibitions in museums around the world. 2008: Established the architectural design office 'New Materials Laboratory.'. He is also active in the field of architecture, including IZU PHOTO MUSEUM (Shizuoka Prefecture). His recent works include "Kakuen" (Sense of Space) (Magazine House) and "The Origin of Art" (Shinchosha). He has a deep knowledge of domestic and foreign antiquities and traditional performing arts, and he directed Sanbaso's performance "Mystic Zone" in 2011, which he performed again at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in March 2013, and triumphantly returned to Japan the following month. The Prince Takamatsu Memorial World Cultural Award and the Medal with Purple Ribbon. In 2013, he received the French Order of Arts and Culture, Officier.