TOKYO TRADITIONAL ARTS PROGRAM

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Rakugo Show and Traditional Geisha Dance Performance “O-Edo Yose, Japanese Traditional Story-Telling, and Beautiful Performance of Geisha” Japanese Folk Performance “12th Tama River Basin Folk Performance Festival”
Rakugo Show and Traditional Geisha Dance Performance “O-Edo Yose, Japanese Traditional Story-Telling, and Beautiful Performance of Geisha”
Street scenes and life in the flourishing Edo Period are recaptured in a masterly performance.
Enjoy the spirit of the stylish culture of the merchant class of old Edo.

　In Oedo Vaudeville Theatre, four or five episodes of rakugo stories on Edo will be performed. Audiences can enjoy the masterpieces of rakugo performed by Ichiba Ryutei, Gontaro Yanagiya, and others. In addition, a dance performance by Asakusa and Akasaka geisha is also scheduled. A gorgeous dance, which has been performed at banquets, will be specially performed on stage. Enjoy the stage with its live atmosphere, reminiscent of the townscape and life of Edo.

Rakugo Show and Traditional Geisha Dance Performance “O-Edo Yose, Japanese Traditional Story-Telling, and Beautiful Performance of Geisha” Rakugo Show and Traditional Geisha Dance Performance “O-Edo Yose, Japanese Traditional Story-Telling, and Beautiful Performance of Geisha”
Schedule

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Program

・Cast　Ichiba Ryutei, Gontaro Yanagiya and others

Venue

Iino Hall
2-1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
03 3506 3251
● 1 minute walk from Exit C3 of Kasumigaseki Station (Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line, Hibiya Line and Chiyoda Line)
● 3 minutes walk from Exit 9 of Toranomon Station (Tokyo Metro Ginza Line)
● 10 minutes walk from Exit 4 of Sakuradamon Station (Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line)
● Exit A6 of Uchisaiwaicho Station (Toei Mita Line) leads to the Iino Hall via HIBIYA CITY.

Production

The Asahi Shimbun Company

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