Chinese and Heian literature
Chinese and Japanese songs
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Japan has been influenced by Chinese literature. It is interesting to see what unique characteristics Japanese literature has developed within this context. This literary evening talk will explore the commonalities and individual personalities of each genre, interweaving Chinese lyrics set to Chinese melodies with Japanese lyrics.
Liu Jinyang (Erhu)
Liu Jinyang (Erhu)
Makiko Sakurai (Shirabyoshi)
He studied Ryuteki flute playing under Shiba Sukeyasu and Tendai Ohara-ryu Shomyo under Nakayama Genshin.
He began restoring Shirabyoshi in 1997 and has continued to perform for 20 years, including "Bin Tatara," "Mizu no Enkyoku," "Horaizan," and "Kaikotsu." Since 2007, he has presented original Noh pieces such as "Manhattan Oji," "The Old Woman on the Bridge," "The Minister on the Shore," and "The Tale of the Heike in Okinawa." In 2019, he will present the hyper Noh pieces "Water Lilies," "The Throwing Stone," "Iris Crown," and "Nagasunehiko."
Ryu Shinyo
Liu Jinyang (Erhu)
Originally from Shanxi Province, China, she began studying the erhu at the age of seven, studying at the Tianjin Conservatory of Music's Junior High School Music Conservatory and the Northeast Normal University Music Conservatory, and also teaching students of various ages, including children and adults, as an erhu instructor. In 2016, she enrolled as a research student in the Faculty of Education at Yokohama National University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in music education at Tokyo University of the Arts. She participates in various music events as an international student in Yokohama and Tokyo.
High Shingo
Xiao Zhenhao (Chinese medieval literature)
Born in Hong Kong in 1986. Graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds a PhD in Literature from Kyoto University. After serving as a JSPS Research Fellow, he is currently an Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Visiting Foreign Scholar at Kyoto University. He specializes in the history of Chinese phonology, the history of Chinese prosody, and medieval Chinese literature. His major works include "New Exploration of the Huayan Alphabet: Religion, Language, and Politics in the Ming and Qing Dynasties" (2021) and "Hong Kong Cantonese Recitation Handbook" (2022). He received the 26th Rosekitai Prize (2016) for his thesis "The String in Phonology and Prosody of the Six Dynasties, Sui, and Tang Dynasties." He studied Tendai Shomyo under Sakurai Makiko.
■ Chinese and Heian literature Chinese and Japanese songs
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Opens at 19:00, starts at 19:30
Cast: Makiko Sakurai (vocals), Liu Jinyang (erhu), Xiao Zhenhao (literature)
Charge: 2,000 yen
Location: Unac Salon Akasaka Palace Mansion 102, 4-13-8 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
For reservations and inquiries: 09060347716 (Sakurai) makikoclub2022@gmail.com (Makiko Club Secretariat)
〈Literary night story〉
The Song Dynasty's "Liangshanpo and Zhu Yingtai," which deals with gender issues, and "Torikaebaya Monogatari," written in the late Heike period.
Scenes of love appear in "Chang Gan Xing" by Li Bai, an 8th century Tang Dynasty poet, and in the Noh play "Izutsu," which was adapted from the Heian period "Tales of Ise." The performance will also feature a recitation of Kukai's Chinese poetry with Tang Dynasty accent, as well as a waka poem by Fujiwara no Michizane, who was a great lover of Chinese poetry.