Izumi School Dedicatory Kyogen and Salon

English translation

AI-assisted English translation. The Japanese original remains authoritative.

Originally published: 3 June 2020.

This is a historical event announcement and record. Event dates and the original publication date are preserved separately.

Dedication performance of kyogen by the Izumi school’s head family

In grateful remembrance of the late Motohide Izumi, nineteenth head of the Izumi school, and successive generations of the Yamawaki Izumi family.

Date

Saturday, 27 June 2020, beginning at 14:00; reception from approximately 13:30.

Venue

Wadabori Mausoleum, Tsukiji Hongwanji, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha. 1-8-1 Eifuku, Suginami-ku. Telephone: 03-3323-0321.

Program

Two kyogen plays favored by Motohide Izumi, together with short dances.

Performers

Motoya Izumi, twentieth head of the Izumi school; Junko Izumi and Tokuro Miyake X, the first women kyogen performers in history; 和泉元聖, 和泉和秀, 和泉采明, 和泉慶子, and other direct pupils of the head family.

Organizer

The Izumi school’s head family; Motoya Izumi, twentieth head.

Support

The Izumi head family’s supporters’ association and Soke-kai.

Inquiries

090-3432-2856 / [email protected].

Izumi Head Family Salon

The beauty of kyogen’s dance, song, and storytelling

Born in the Muromachi period, kyogen conveys the Japanese spirit to the present and represents Japan’s traditional performing arts as intangible world heritage. The Izumi school’s head family has shared its pleasures with audiences of many ages and backgrounds, in Japan and abroad.

The Izumi Head Family Salon is an intimate, refined gathering where you can encounter kyogen’s pleasures and depth in a calm setting, enjoying it with all five senses.

Kyogen koutai, or short songs, are said to form the basis of its vocal production; komai, or short dances, form the basis of its movement. Its storytelling portrays scenes and feelings within prescribed forms. Through kyogen, refined and handed down as a performing art, let us rediscover the richness of Japanese expression and the beauty of the Japanese language.

“Salon” originally meant a room such as a reception room. In French, it came to mean a social gathering at a court or aristocratic residence, where a host invited cultural figures, scholars, and writers to enjoy intellectual conversation. Places of exchange among cultural figures in cultural history are sometimes called salons.

Date

Saturday, 20 June 2020. Performance at 14:30; doors open at 14:10.

Venue

橋楽亭, COREDO Muromachi 3. Telephone: 03-5200-3210. Third floor, COREDO Muromachi 3, 1-5-5 Nihonbashi Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0022.

Program

Talks and live demonstrations.

Fee

¥10,000, including a souvenir.

Further information and applications

[email protected] / 090-3432-2856.