This is a concert featuring traditional Japanese instruments such as the flute, koto, shamisen, and kabuki percussion, Japanese dance, and Western vocal music.
This concert will recreate the New Japan music and dance movement of 100 years ago, which was the origin of Tokyo’s POP art culture.
It expresses the desire for the continuation of the “nostalgic Japan” left by a poet 100 years ago.
The arrangement was by the great-grandson of Ryutaro Hirota, a representative composer of the time.
The performer was a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, which has been the center of Japanese music for 100 years, and was a current student during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Program
1. Utakoto Sanbaso – Okina Oiran no Dan
2. Songs of Taisho (era of 100 years ago) poets (Rain, Butterfly Children, Go Ahead, Dandelions, Soap Bubbles)
3. A bright light
4.Songs of Taisho (era of 100 years ago) poets (Sailor, Sparrow School, The site of an old castle in Komoro)
5. Utakoto Sanbaso ~ Lightning and Bell Steps
6. Merry Shoes

Performer
Jun Akaru (shinobue, Nohkan, arrangement), Keiko Aoyama (guest performer, vocal music), Aoi Uyama (koto, shamisen), Sakura Kido (koto), Eishin Tosha (Japanese traditional percussion), Kinosuke Katada (Japanese traditional percussion), Mishojiro Hanayagi (Japanese traditional dance) / Yosen Hanayagi (Japanese traditional dance)