Reciting in Spring

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 20:00

Cast: Makiko Sakurai (Shirabyoshi, Shomyo)

Venue: STARS Omiya (2 minutes walk from the East Exit of JR Omiya Station)

Organized by: Maripla

Price: 2,000 yen (food and drink included)

Purchase tickets: https://x.gd/QeAcj

*Limited to the first 10 people. *Advance reservations are required. Please refrain from canceling after making a reservation.

 

◎Performance (approx. 40 minutes)

Spring is a season beloved by poets and has been the subject of many poems. The poems from the Wakan Roeishu, which was compiled during the Heian period, will be interpreted by the Shirabyoshi, a performing artist active in the late Heian period.

1. From Wakan Roeishu

Chinese Poetry "Wild Flowers, Fragrances, Red Brocades, Playing Lines, Biluotian" by Liu Yuxi (Nineteenth Poem)

Waka poem: "When I stand in the fields, the crimson brocade spreads out, When the sky shines, the blue silk brocade plays with the wind." by Ono no Takamura (Poem 22)

2. "Yusei" from "Iketsu Chocho" and "Spring Nightingale Song"

3. From the Wakan Roeishu

Chinese poem ``Remaining Spring Absent, Spring Visiting People Lonely, Unfavorable Wind Wind Undefined, Wind Rises Flowers Sosaku''

(Spring does not stay, Spring returns and people are lonely, The wind is tired but the wind does not settle, The wind rises and the flowers are deserted.) Li Bai (Poem No. 50)

4. "Double-tone rhythm" "Spring Garden Flowers" (one volume) Bugaku, Kabuki and Gagaku

"To send off spring, I do not use boats and carriages, but only part with the lingering nightingales and the fallen flowers." - Sugawara no Michizane (Poem No. 53)

5. “Zanmono Shirabyoshi” Collection of Japanese and Chinese poems

"The moon falls on the west tower, the song of the flower room, the light remains in the central hall, the sound of bamboo sticks" by Sugawara Fumitoki (Poem 71)

 

 

◎Food and drinks (after the show) are included in the show price.

 

・Grilled Kanagawa vegetables with soy sauce and koji (purple cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots)

・Blanched rape blossoms

・Oyama tofu

・Sakura rice

・Roast lamb

・Chili beans, etc.

(This may change depending on the availability of stock on the day)

 

Drinks (after the show) are included in the show price.

We have a variety of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages available.

(Bringing your own alcohol is welcome)

 

We are truly grateful to be able to hold "Our Earth Day" again this year.
I am very happy to be able to spend this time with you all around our small dining table.

The performance by today's guest, Makiko Sakurai, has been specially prepared for the spring cherry blossom season.

In addition, the meal you can enjoy after the performance will also be designed to allow you to feel the colors of the season.

Please enjoy the show at your leisure.
We wish you all good health and happiness.

 

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