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Performance information

Association-sponsored performance

Story forest [Afternoon section, scheduled number of tickets finished]~Koudan and Satsuma Biwa “Hoichi without Ears”~

This is a summer evening project where you can enjoy "Hoichi without ears" from Yakumo Koizumi's "Ghost Story" with the traditional Japanese storytelling "Kodan" and the performance of the Japanese musical instrument "Biwa".
(60) Morning session: About XNUMX minutes of performances for children, including workshops by the performers
② Afternoon: About 120 minutes of full-fledged storytelling and Satsuma biwa performance

[What is storytelling? ]

It is one of the vaudeville performances in which tales such as tales of bravery and war stories are told in an easy-to-understand manner in a well-balanced manner by tapping the stage with a fan.It is a traditional storytelling that is said to have started more than XNUMX years ago in the early Edo period.

[What is Satsuma Biwa? ]

It is a stringed instrument that is characterized by the way it is held upright and played with a large, sharp-angled drumstick that is plucked violently.It is said that during the Sengoku period, Tadayoshi Shimazu of the Satsuma domain improved the Biwa, a blind monk brought from China, to boost the morale of the samurai.

2023/8/ 19 (Saturday)

Schedule ① Morning section 11:00 start (10:30 open)
② Afternoon 15:00 start (14:30 open)
Venue Daejeon Bunkanomori Hall
Genre Performance (Other)
Appearance

Midori Kanda (Storyteller)
Nobuko Kawashima (Satsuma Biwa)

Ticket information

Ticket information

Release date

  • Online: On sale from 2023:6 on March 14, 10 (Wednesday)!
  • Ticket dedicated phone: March 2023, 6 (Wednesday) 14: 10-00: 14 (only on the first day of sale)
  • Window sales: March 2023, 6 (Wednesday) 14:14-

* From March 2023, 3 (Wednesday), due to the construction closure of Ota Kumin Plaza, the dedicated ticket telephone and Ota Kumin Plaza window operations will change.For details, please refer to "How to purchase tickets".

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Price (tax included)

All seats specified
①Morning section General 1,500 yen
①Morning part Junior high school students and younger 500 yen
②Afternoon 2,500 yen * End of planned number


※①Morning section: XNUMX years old and over can enter
*②Afternoon: Preschoolers are not allowed to enter

Entertainment details

Sanryoku Kanda
Nobuko Kawashima

Kanda Mountain Green

May 2006 Kodan Association opening act. In March 5, he was promoted to a major hit at an unprecedented speed in 2018 years. Formed Kodan Goringer for the 3 Tokyo Olympics.In the same year, he became Nakano City Tourism Ambassador.In addition to performing nationwide, NHK "Beauty Tsubo" "Tensai Telebi-kun" "Kodankai", Nippon Television "Zoom In!! Saturday" "Guru Guru Ninety-Nine Gochi ni Naru!", TBS "Vivid", BS Japan He is active in a wide range of activities, including the narration of "Saturday is Tora-san", commercials for Meiji Dairies, exclusive moderator for Los Primos, and appearances in the stage Touken Ranbu.He also presides over a storytelling class that currently boasts a record number of 12 students. He is also active as a lecturer at the NHK Cultural Center, Meiji University, Toyo University, Bunkyo University, Seisen Women's University Special Lecturer, and Keiai University Visiting Professor. In July 2014, he appeared on NHK Radio in a special program for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.He is a Paralympic torchbearer. In March 300, he became the CEO of Nakano Nakano Co., Ltd. Published "Secrets of storytelling useful for business learned in storytelling".

Nobuko Kawashima

Graduated from the Department of Art, Toho Gakuen University.He is a part-time lecturer at Senzoku Gakuen College of Music.He studied the Satsuma biwa under Tsuruta-ryu Tsurujo Iwasa.He promotes the charm of the biwa at events, shrines, temples, and museums, and performs every year in places related to the Heike clan.He has a wide range of activities, such as a unit with two biwa players, a musician for silent films, and a joint performance with Butoh.In addition to performing classics such as The Tale of the Heike, he is also active in creative activities and presents new works every year.In particular, he has a reputation for his "kataru voice", and conveys stories with deep sounds and expressions, ranging from powerful low tones to clear high tones.He is also striving to revitalize the industry by holding "Biwa Yose" while striving to popularize it by holding a one-day experience class "Manabiwa" every month. Passed the NHK Japanese music audition and won many top prizes in the biwa music competition.

"Hoichi without Ears" (Synopsis)

Once upon a time, in present-day Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture,AmitabhaAmidaThere was a temple called a temple.there isluteLoquatvery good at playingHoichiHoichi, which is themed around blindalreadyThere wasThe "Heike Monogatari" he sings is very wonderful, especially the Heike army, which was cornered by the Genji forces, is still young.emperorMikadoWithShimonoseki StraitShimonoseki Kaikyo OfDannouraDan no UraEveryone who hears tears in the scene where he throws himself intoreputationGourdwas.One hot summer night in the templeMonkLet's gohas gone out, so Hoichi remains alone at the temple to practice the biwa.Then he hears someone calling him.the owner of the voiceArmorWearingWarriorbingewas.The samurai went to the temple because a high-ranking person who could use him wanted to hear Hoichi's acclaimed narration.welcomeOnce upon a timeHe said he came to see me.Hoichi is happy to hear that someone of high rank wants to hear his biwa, and follows his voice...