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Regular Noh February - Kongo-ryu - Shibuya Cerulean Tower Noh Theatre
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Performance Date: Sunday, February 2, 2025 Start Time: Part 1 13:00 (Doors open at 12:30) Part 2 16:30 (Doors open at 16:00) End Time: Part 1 around 15:30 Part 2 around 18:40 Organizer: Cerulean Tower Noh Theatre Venue: Cerulean Tower Noh Theatre
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Tokyu Bunkamura Co., Ltd. regards the creation and dissemination of culture and art as a business in relation to society. We aim to convey excitement and always provide maximum satisfaction and excitement to all customers. In order to satisfy and impress our customers, we will constantly pursue high quality based on the three pillars of "high-quality planning", "creation of a good environment", and "maintenance of high-quality services". We also operate Bunkamura, Tokyu Theater Orb, and Cerulean Tower Noh Theater in Shibuya, Tokyo. All cultural facilities are centered on original projects that make use of the characteristics of the venue, creating and disseminating high-quality culture. In addition, we are also working to introduce common themes across genres and facilities as a way to help you experience a wide range of culture and art.
Sunday, February 2, 2025
The first part is the Noh performance of "Kurozuka Shiratou" by the head of the school, Kongo Eikin. Yamabushi Yukie and his group ask for lodging at a house in the fields of Adachigahara, and the woman who owns the house finally gives in to their repeated pleas and lets the mountain monks in. The woman demonstrates spinning threads and sings songs in various tones, but as the night deepens and it gets colder, she says she is going to gather firewood from the mountain and leaves, emphasizing that no one should look into her bedroom. Yukie's attendant sneaks into the bedroom and sees countless dead bodies. The mountain monks run away, but the woman, who has transformed into a demon, attacks the group, intending to eat them, in resentment for breaking her promise, but Yukie and his friends pray earnestly, and the demon woman is finally subdued and leaves into the night storm. The second part is the Noh performance of "Kagetsu" by Toyoshima Yazaemon, a leading figure in the school. A father who became a monk in search of his missing son eventually meets a boy named Kagetsu in front of the gates of Kiyomizu-dera Temple and realizes that he is his son. Father and son are happy to be reunited, and Kagetsu performs a dance before accompanying his father to begin Buddhist training. This is a dramatic story of a father and son reunion, but it is also a well-paced work that can be enjoyed from start to finish, featuring a short popular song of the time, a bow and arrow dance, a kumamon (a traditional Japanese dance), a kakko (a traditional Japanese drum) dance, and a tour of Kiri Mountain. The kyogen plays are "Ukon Sakon" and "Bunzo" from the Okura school. An explanation of the play is given at the beginning of each part.
＜Part 1＞ Kyogen play "Ukon Sakon" Ukon: Shigeyama Sengoro Wife: Okura Motomasa Guardian: Iguchi Tatsuya Noh play "Kurozuka Shirato" Village woman/Demon woman: Kongo Eikin Ajari Yukei: Arimatsu Ryoichi Accompanying mountain priest: Oka Mitsuru Abbot: Shigeyama Sengoro Flute: Isso Takayuki Small drum: Sowa Masahiro Large drum: Kunikawa Jun Taiko: Okawa Noriyoshi Guardian: Kongo Ryukin, Toyoshima Yukihiro Jito: Hirota Yukitoshi
＜Part 2＞ Kyogen "Bunzo" Master: Shigeyama Sengorotaro Crowned performer: Okura Motomasa Guardian: Iguchi Tatsuya
Noh play "Kagetsu"Kagetsu: Yazaemon ToyoshimaTraveling monk: Tsunezo HoshoA person in front of Kiyomizu-dera temple: Sengoro ShigeyamaFlute: Hiroyuki MatsudaSmall drum: Yasusuke TanabeLarge drum: Keinosuke OkuraGuardians: Yukitoshi Hirota, Akitsugu ToyoshimaJito: Ryukin Kongo
Commentary: Naoki Kaneko (both parts)
Ticket Information
Fee
S seats (front) ¥10,000
A Seat (Front side) ¥8,000
B Seat (center front) ¥6,000
*The price is for each performance. *Student tickets are only available at the Noh Theatre. Please show your student ID when purchasing. *Preschool children are not allowed to enter.
Tokyu Bunkamura Co., Ltd. regards the creation and dissemination of culture and art as a business in relation to society. We aim to convey excitement and always provide maximum satisfaction and excitement to all customers. In order to satisfy and impress our customers, we will constantly pursue high quality based on the three pillars of "high-quality planning", "creation of a good environment", and "maintenance of high-quality services". We also operate Bunkamura, Tokyu Theater Orb, and Cerulean Tower Noh Theater in Shibuya, Tokyo. All cultural facilities are centered on original projects that make use of the characteristics of the venue, creating and disseminating high-quality culture. In addition, we are also working to introduce common themes across genres and facilities as a way to help you experience a wide range of culture and art.
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