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Traditional Performing Arts for Kids Sangen Crosses the Seas ~from Asian Continent to Japan~
Lecture and Performance “The World of Nihon Buyo (dance) and Traditional Japanese Music” O-Edo Yose, Japanese Traditional Story-Telling,
and Beautiful Performance of Geisha Part 2
“Traditional +” rediscover traditional culture of Japan Dance Performance of May at the National Theatre of Japan Sugawara Zoshi Buyo“Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami”
(Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy)
Essence of Art Series No.6 Edo House Art Japanese Folk Performance
“13th Tama River Basin Folk Performance Festival”
Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2012  
“Traditional +” rediscover traditional culture of Japan
To Know, Listen to and Play with Japanese traditional culture

The talk, performance and workshop offer visitors an opportunity to rediscover the charm of traditional arts relevant even today.Experts from different fields appear together: traditional and contemporary musicians in “Traditional Instruments of Japan Today,” with Koji YAMAMURA, animation filmmaker and Takeharu KUNIMOTO, Rokyoku performer in “Animation and Rokyoku,” and finally, in “A Play on Hyakunin Isshu,” those with various approaches to Waka poetry.

Traditional Instruments of Japan Today

  • Live performance, talk show, etc. by musicians of traditional Japanese instruments active in various fields.

    Schedule

    Sunday, September 9, 2012, Opening at 15:30, Starting at 16:00

    Performer

    Tamami TONO, Yoko NISHI, Kakujo NAKAMURA, Ushio TORIKAI, Ryuichi SAKAMOTO(on VTR)

    Admission fees

    Unreserved seats only
    1,000yen (adults) 　500yen (highschool students or younger)
    *Children under 6 years old are prohibited from entry
    　Buy Tickets (Japanese only)

    Venue

    Spiral Hall

  • Tamami TONO(c) Kayoko ASAI
    Tamami TONO(c) Kayoko ASAI

    Yoko NISHI
    Yoko NISHI

    Kakujo NAKAMURA
    Kakujo NAKAMURA

    Ushio TORIKAI
    Ushio TORIKAI


Animation and Rokyoku Live

  • The first performance live of Atamayama (Mt. Head) in Japan and talk show by Rokyoku performer Takeharu KUNIMOTO, of animation filmmaker Koji YAMAMURA’s Atamayama (Mt. Head) narration fame.

    Schedule

    Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Opening at 18:30, Starting at 19:00

    Performer

    Koji YAMAMURA, Takeharu KUNIMOTO, Toyoko SAWAMURA

    Admission fees

    Unreserved seats only
    1,000yen (adults) 　500yen (highschool students or younger)
    *Children under 6 years old are prohibited from entry
    　Buy Tickets (Japanese only)

    Venue

    Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography（1F Hall）

  • (C) Yamamura Animation, Inc.
    (C) Yamamura Animation, Inc.

    (C) Yamamura Animation, Inc.
    (C) Yamamura Animation, Inc.

    (C) Yamamura Animation, Inc.
    (C) Yamamura Animation, Inc.

    Takeharu KUNIMOTO
    Takeharu KUNIMOTO


A Play on Hyakunin Isshu

  • A workshop to experience the elegance of song and the thrilling game of Karuta, through Hyakunin Isshu (100 waka poems), originally read out loud as song.

    Schedule

    Saturday, January 12, 2013, Opening at 15:30, Starting at 16:00

    Performer

    Takashi AOYAGI, Ko ISHIKAWA, Naoki SAIGO and others

    Admission fees

    Unreserved seats only
    1,000yen (adults) 　500yen (highschool students or younger)
    *Children under 6 years old are prohibited from entry
    　Buy Tickets (Japanese only)

    Venue

    Spiral Hall

  • (C)ALL-Japan Karuta Association
    (C)ALL-Japan Karuta Association

    (C)ALL-Japan Karuta Association
    (C)ALL-Japan Karuta Association

    Ko ISHIKAWA
    Ko ISHIKAWA

    Takashi AOYAGI
    Takashi AOYAGI


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