Oguri-hangan Terute-hime at Za Koenji
Business Overview
We performed a masked play depicting the story of 'death and rebirth,' passed down since the Middle Ages.
Composition, direction, and masks: Saya Yoshioka, music: Toshihiro Matsumoto, general supervision, stage design, costumes, and masks: Yukio Horio, cast: Makoto Tange, Miho Masuda, Ayumi Kakizawa, Satoshi Okumoto, Toshihiro Matsumoto, and others.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - 30th (Sun)
- Venues
- Za Koenji 1 (Suginami Ward, Tokyo)
- Viewing Support Contents
- Lending scripts (advance lending of performance scripts with photographs), multilingual support (English subtitles and English synopsis in the pamphlet on the day)
- Viewing Support Date and Time
- Script lending: Wednesday, November 26 to 30th (Sun)
Multilingual support (English subtitles): Friday, November 28 only (English synopsis to be posted in pamphlet on the day) Wednesday, November 26 to Sunday, November 30
Profile
[Yokohama Boat Theater]
Led by playwright and director Takuo Endo, the company began its activities in 1981, using a wooden boat moored on the Nakamura River in Yokohama as a theater. With an "Asian" theme, the company presents festive plays that tell epic tales centered around masks, narration, and dance-like physical expression. Their signature work, "Oguri - hangan Terute - hime," has received high praise and been invited to numerous theater festivals overseas. In 2020, Saya Yoshioka became the company's representative, and the company continues to create theatrical works that incorporate techniques such as puppetry and shadow puppetry, and are deeply rooted in prayer.