Kyogen actor Shigeyama Sennojo passed away
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Japanese Expat Dancer carves her masks
I know very little of Yayoi Hirano’s work but I found this interesting clip on YouTube which, in its brevity and simplicity, reveals the most basic issues of exportation of […]
善知鳥の舞楽
From: 善知鳥神社website http://www.actv.ne.jp/~utou/utou.html この善知鳥舞は善知鳥神社正遷座 1180年祭(昭和62年斎行)を記念し、当時の伊勢の神宮 慶光院俊 大宮司の特別な計らいにより、神宮楽部が、この青森の永久の安寧を願い、うとう鳥の親子の情愛を表現し創作したものです。 又、各ご家庭や会社、お店等の繁栄を祈念すべく、特別参拝時にはこの善知鳥舞を奉納することも出来ます 。
Young and into the Noh
I found this interesting comment by a rather famous Japanese anime voice actress, Ikezawa Haruna. ‘It began with an email from my father. “Do you want to go see Noh?” […]
Paul Claudel
Though Claudel is not really my cup of tea – I find his work rather heavy, excessively ornate, and vaguely orientalist – I have to admit some of his passages […]
