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First open call of fiscal year 2023 Regional Grant [FY2023 New program]

Tsubosaka Reigenki (The Tale of Miraculous Efficacy in Tsubosaka)

  • Organization : Public Interest Incorporated Foundation YOUKIZA
  • Section : None
  • Type of Grant Program : Single
From left: Osato (Senyu Ryokawa), Sawaichi (Magosaburo Youki), Ayanosuke Takemoto (Tayu), Tsugahana Tsuruzawa (Shamisen) Photo: Toshiharu Ishibashi
From left: Sawaichi (Magosaburo Youki), Osato (Senyu Ryokawa), Photo: Toshiharu Ishibashi
From left: Osato (Senyu Ryokawa), Sawaichi (Magosaburo Youki), Kannon (Aki Yumoto) Photo: Toshiharu Ishibashi

Outline

This was the second Studio Performance at YOUKIZA Studio in YOUKIZA’s home base Musashi-Koganei. Studio Performance productions have been designed to enable local people to enjoy authentic puppet theater in an easy and accessible way. Turning the drawbacks of a small venue to its advantage, this performance in a condensed space allowed the audience to fully experience and enjoy the intricate movements of the puppets, the Gidayu narration/chanting, and the interplay between the shamisen accompaniment and the puppets.

Program: Tsubosaka Reigenki (The Tale of Miraculous Efficacy in Tsubosaka)
Performers: Magosaburo YOUKI, XIII, Senyu RYOKAWA, III, Aki YUMOTO, Emi OURA, Ayanosuke TAKEMOTO (tayu), Tsugahana TSURUZAWA (shamisen), Yaya TSURUZAWA (tsure)

Staff
Arrangement: Senyu RYOKAWA, III
Stage design: Tomoyuki IKEDA
Lighting: Keiichi OYA
Sound: Takeshi SHIMA
Video: Masahiro HAMAJIMA
Stage direction: Hisashi MITSU
YOUKIZA stage staff: Yasuaki ONUKI

Profile

Edo Marionette Theatre YOUKIZA
Founded by Magosaburo Youki I in 1635 in the Edo town of Fukiya-cho, this troupe can claim many classic masterpieces often performed today. Renowned works include “Meiboku Sendai Hagi (The Precious Incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai),” “Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi(The Yaguchi Ferry),” by Gennai Hiraga, “Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (A Maiden’s Flaming Love)” and “Shinpan Utazaimon: Nozaki Mura (Nozaki Village).” Since the Meiji period the company has actively taken on overseas theatrical works in translation as well as new contemporary plays. In particular, recent years have seen the troupe making assertive forays into overseas performance and international collaborative productions.
Designated a Tokyo Municipal Intangible Cultural Property in 1956.
Selected as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan in 1996.

Contact

Edo Marionette Theatre Youkiza
3-18-2, Nukuikitamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-0015

Period of Activity / Project

June 3 – 10, 2023

Venues

Youkiza Studio, Koganei City, Tokyo

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