Early spring 2013 Yukiza Classical Treasure Boat Performance 'Shibahama no Leather Wallet'

Business Overview

The play "Shibahama no Leather Wallet," which was created from the classic rakugo story "Shibahama," is a world of life care that strongly conveys the lifestyles of the common people of Edo. This time, a dance called "Kotobuki Jishi," which has been handed down in the Yuki theater for a long time, is performed within the play, creating a gorgeous structure suitable for the new year. In addition, a puppet who plays the role of a rakugo storyteller appears in the play to remind the audience that the original story of the play is rakugo. The script and direction are provided by Ukon NISHIKAWA (a Japanese dancer and the third iemoto of the Nishikawa school), who has choreographed the puppets in the classic works of the Yukiza theater for the past 40 years.

implementation period

Tuesday, Friday, January 25, 2013 – 29th

Place of implementation

Za Koenji 2 (Suginami Ward, Tokyo)

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.