Hyper Noh "Ayame Kofuri" [Sponsored Performance]

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●Greetings

The saiku system existed until the end of the Heian period in the 12th century, and even though it was discontinued, until the 13th century. According to historical facts, at least 680 years ago, unmarried sisters of the emperor and imperial princesses, who were imperial princesses, were segregated in a place called "Saiku" for the purpose of serving the gods. continued.

Humans are guaranteed the freedom to go anywhere, the freedom to marry whoever they want, and the freedom to express themselves. am.

We are immature and still in the process of understanding basic human rights. Furthermore, without efforts for people's understanding, the history of human rights in Japan will go backwards in the blink of an eye.

We are still hesitant to even think about race and respect human rights.

In the year 2000, when we entered the 21st century, people finally began to recognize the freedom of gender identity (whether they are male or female).

If you unravel the history of Japanese classics, Japanese customs and customs, you will find the history of many LGBT people. However, it was by no means a "front" history.

This work seeks to prove that artistic expression resides in the beauty of having romantic feelings as a human being, regardless of gender.

“Shobukan” is not a hidden art, but a Yugen (world beyond this world) Noh work that conveys the beauty of love that everyone can relate to.

Makiko Sakurai

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● About works and performers

Newly written original, script and composition by Makiko Sakurai. It was created in the form of "hyper (transcendent) Noh" by artists and musicians other than Noh actors.

The sound of Keiji Haino, who continues to listen to the life inherent in the sound and is guided, can call the soul through the sound. Makiko Sakurai, who has performed improvisational activities with Keiji Haino, plays the leading role of Saio, who comes from Yugen (the world beyond this world). Yoshimatsu Akira, who is studying the Kita school of Noh under Richard Emmert, plays the role of a waki (waki) in Hanazono no Tsukasa, one of the officials who work at the Saigu.

The jiutai members are Genki Sakurai, Taku Sato, and Kota Yanagishima. They specialize in medieval European choral music, and this time they will challenge the Noh chorus "Jiutai". In addition, he is in charge of a new work in the organum style, which is the origin of European choral singing, and a new work in the 15th century motet style. Finally, Makiko Sakurai's chanting and a new motet (religious music style with polyphony) will be sung in the world of "medieval prayer" in Japan and Europe.

●Synopsis

The boys I met in this world were Saio and Kanji in their previous lives. The first dodging words are spoken in the iris garden.

front curtain

The owner planted irises on land that was neither used for paddy fields nor for field farming, and turned it into a place of relaxation for the people, with a pond where the irises bloom in late May. A doji (boy) who works there grows and cares for various kinds of irises.

Then, this year, a boy who wears a crown when he comes of age and becomes an adult. Tell the child that you want to decorate with flowers.

The child obtains permission from his master to pick five types of irises, and the two of them select the irises.

First, they choose irises that compare each other's beauty, saying, ``It's an iris like you.'' And choose an iris that matches the feelings of the two. Finally, the child chooses the iris, which bears the name of the beautiful princess Wang Zhaojun, to be the first child.

The figure of the child with the first crown reflected in the pond, with the five irises on the crown, was exactly that of the princess, and also of the Saio (Itsuki no Miko) who serves God.

The first crowned child looks at her and says, "I am a princess."

second curtain

In his previous life, Doji lived in Saiku (Saiku: the palace where the Saio lives, but the Saiku is a swampy area where irises grow, and the Saiku of Ise is built on land that no one wants to live in). It was Hanazono no Tsukasa, who was entrusted with the maintenance of the garden. There is no such thing as seeing the Saio. However, in order to comfort the Saio, he planted many flowers in the garden, and in May he devoted himself to creating an iris pond.

There, Saio, the previous life of the first child, appears.

In the next world, the child and the first crowned child meet for the first time.

Saio thanks Kazonoji for comforting him with the irises he raised.

However, at the same time that his father, who was the emperor, died, Saio died chasing the shadow of the moon reflected in the Haraegawa River (he committed suicide by drowning himself in the water).

"Why did you do such a sad thing?" Kazono asked repeatedly. Saio finally replied, "I'm a man, but my father sees me acting like a girl." Seeing this, he gave me the mercy of being isolated and single and living as a Saio." Then, the heavens and nights were filled with light, and a golden Buddha appeared there.

Only those who tell the truth can bring the Buddha to tears. It is a person who has awakened to Buddha

Let go of the delusions surrounding this world (the world of living things). The truth of the oneness of all things must arise from righteous thoughts without equal obstacles.

In the Amitabha Sutra, the lotuses that bloom in the pond are blue, yellow, red, and white, and there is no superiority. The dreams of the two of them disappear when the lotus buds open (dawn).