Yarai Nohgakudo Popular Performance: The First Yarai Nohgakudo Special

Name of the organization or individual

Kanze Kyukokai

subsidy category

Creation Grant

Grant Type

single year

FY2025 1st Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant Art Creation Activities

Yarai Nohgakudo popularization performance "Yarai Nohgakudo Special for the first time" At the beginning, there is an explanation from a Nohgakushi, and then everyone sings. It will deepen your understanding of the program you are going to watch.

The climax of the Yarai Nohgakudo popularization performance "The First Yarai Nohgakudo Special" "Tsuchigumo" is a scene in which a spider's thread is thrown, which later developed into Kabuki.

After watching the Yarai Nohgakudo popularization performance "First time at Yarai Nohgakudo Special" "Kokaji," we took pictures of the main character holding a sword, which is a popular character in online games and 2.5 dimension stage.

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Business Overview

The performance was held so that those who are not used to seeing nogaku, children and foreigners could enjoy it.
1st: Noh (It is read as "utai," or in modern dramas, it is a serif.) Commentary by Yoshihisa ENDO, Noh Shite Mitsuru NAGASHIMA
2nd: Noh Commentary by Mitsuru NAGASHIMA, Noh Shite Yoshihisa ENDO

・ Explanations with easy to understand illustrations and Noh scripts called 'Kotoba' will be distributed as a reference text on the day
・ A Noh actor will give a preliminary explanation of Noh, the stage and the program (about 15 minutes)
・ Under the guidance of a Noh actor, all the participants in the hall will experience Noh utai (Noh chant). You can deepen your understanding by chanting a part of the program (about 5 minutes)
・ The first part of the Noh performance is "Tsuchigumo," the second part is "Kokaji" (Each, about 55 minutes)
・ Photo session time (about 5 minutes) after each performance
・ There will be a corner inside and outside the hall where you can freely take pictures with life-size shite panels and shite panels for facing.

Period of Activity / Project

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Venues

Yarai Noh Theater (Shinjuku Ward)

Profile

[Public Interest Incorporated Association Kanze Kyukokai]
A group whose purpose is to publicize and maintain Nohgaku, which is a traditional performing art representing Japan.
At the Nohgakudo (Noh and Kyogen stage) in Kagurazaka, they hold regular Noh and Kyogen performances on the second Sunday of every month, and every year in May, August and November, they hold performances that beginners, children and foreigners can enjoy.