Pre-performance of the 380 year anniversary of the launch of Edo Ito Ayatsuri Doll Yuki Theater
Yukio MISHIMA's collection of modern Noh plays "Aoi no Ue" and "Kantan"

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Edo Itoayatsuri Ningyo Yukiza

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 by Jun Ishikawa

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Business Overview

Two plays, "Aoi no Ue" and "Kantan," from Yukio MISHIMA's collection of plays' Modern Noh Plays' (all adapted from Noh yokyoku), will be performed in a world of only puppets. Modern Nohgaku-shu dramatizing the world of Noh called 'Yugen' has been created in various stages both in Japan and abroad, but by using 'puppets' instead of realistic expressions through the flesh and blood, it is possible to create a different world that is more rich and aesthetically pleasing. "I wonder if the flesh and blood meets Mishima's language in a good relationship ・・・ Perhaps the lifeless doll is more integrated with Mishima's language ・・・" Magosaburo YUKI, the chairperson of the troupe, 2011 said that only through the puppets can Mishima's unique ethereal world be filtered and strongly shifted into the imaginary world. With direction by Matsumoto Osamu, puppet art by Hayashi Seiichi, and music by Saito Neko, the play develops a more intense stage.

implementation period

Wednesday, June 19, 2013 ~ 23rd (Sun)

Place of implementation

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater Theater Theater East (Toshima Ward, Tokyo)

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Profile

[Yukiza] (National Record Selected Intangible Folk Cultural Property/Tokyo Metropolitan Intangible Cultural Property)
The Edo Itoayatsuri doll troupe has a history of about 380 years from the first Magosaburo YUKI's founding in Kanei 12 (1635) to the present 12th Magosaburo YUKI. He actively performs not only classical Joruri performances but also new works, sketches and overseas performances. In his new work, he continues to create a unique stage space by co-starring actors and puppets, performing actors in the flesh while puppeteers use puppets, and inserting classical techniques and sketches into the play.

[Magosaburo YUKI XII]
Born in 1943. He was the second son of Magosaburo the 10th (Sessai). He made his debut at the age of four. He entered the Takechi Kabuki-za Theater at the age of 11. He also learned Noh from Hideo KANZE and kyogen (farce) from Jujunojo SHIGEY 1000 AMA. At the age of 29, he succeeded to the name of 'Ryokawa Funayu,' a famous painter of Edo Hasashie, and revived 'Edo Hasashie' in the Showa period, expanding his activities as a painter of Edo Hasashie as well as a puppeteer. 1993: Succeeded to Magosaburo YUKI the Twelfth. In 2004, he started an introductory school for puppeteers of Itoayatsuri dolls for the general public in order to train young people, and searched for a new development of Japanese Itoayatsuri dolls. In addition to the world of classical puppets, he actively engages in overseas performances and newly written works, and develops new plays.