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Tradition

Yokohama Noh theater delivers past performance videos for free

2020.05.04

At Yokohama Noh Theater, we will start distributing videos of past performances and events on YouTube as “Yokohama Noh Theater Archive Collection”. To prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection, many performances have been canceled, but a proposal from Masataro Ito, a national national treasure of Nagauta Shamisen, that wants more people to have a chance to come in contact with classical performing arts I agree with. As the first installment, the video of Nagauta “Sagimusume” (staged at “The musical instrument that traveled between Japan and China”) starring Masataro Ito will be delivered with his comment.

To prevent the spread of new coronavirus infectious diseases at Yokohama Noh theater, it will be temporarily closed from February 27, and 5 performances such as “Yokohama Kyogendo” as well as workshops and tours will be canceled. When we were discussing what we could do as a Noh theater under such circumstances, Mr. Masataro Ito asked me to make a video of his past appearances on the Internet. In response to this proposal, we decided to release the archived video from the past. Free delivery on YouTube.

To begin with, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of normalization of Japanese-Chinese diplomatic relations in 2012, a special performance by the Yokohama Noh Theater was performed by masters of the three strings, three lines, and the shamisen, “The instrument that traveled in the daytime-the three strings, the three lines, and the shamisen”. Sagimusume “is released. We will send you a video of Masataro Ito, a national treasure of Nagauta Shamisen, with a message from Masataro who is worried about the fact that he has been forced to cancel the performance and has no opportunity to touch classical performing arts.

This delivery is titled “Yokohama Noh Theater Archive Collection”, and from now on, “Tojiro Iden 12th”, “Yokohama Kyogendo”, and “Yokohama Noh theater tours and Noh workshops guided by Noh performers” Will be released one by one.

Nagauta “Sagimusume” (2012 / Yokohama Noh theater special project performance “Musical instrument that traveled in the daytime-three strings, three lines, and shamisen”)
Message from Masataro Ito

>Nagauta “Sagimusume”-YouTube-

>Yokohama Noh theater YouTube channel
>Yokohama Noh Theater HP

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From the Tohjiro Ieden 12th performance planned by the Yokohama Noh Theater
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