The second installment of the Magosaburou Koten Shougekijou performance series, designed by Magosaburou YOUKI, XII to give audiences a real taste of the delights of marionette theater in a small theater space. This latest performance once again allowed audiences to fully enjoy the allure of the classics and the sense of immediacy that can only be experienced in a small theater, where the thrill of puppetry can be savored up-close.

This was an invigorating production that made use of contemporary techniques within the framework of tradition; it featured the prominent female gidayu (traditional puppet theater music) performer Ayanosuke TAKEMOTO as tayu (singer/narrator) together with a shamisen and a tsure attendant, and also created the look of the time through a combination of classical aspects and digital images in the form of video that was well received at the last performance being projected onto the stage background.

Performers: Magosaburou YOUKI, XIII, Senyuu RYOUKAWA, III, Aki YUMOTO, Emi OOURA
Gidayu: Ayanosuke TAKEMOTO
Shamisen: Tsugahana TSURUZAWA
Tsure: Yaya TSURUZAWA

Composition/supervision: Jun TANAKA, Senyuu RYOUKAWA

Staff
Stage design: Tomoyuki IKEDA
Lighting: Keiichi OOYA
Sound: Takeshi SHIMA（STAGE OFFICE）
Video: Masahiro HAMAJIMA
Stage Manager: Junichi TAKAHASHI
YOUKIZA stage staff member: Yasuaki ONUKI