《English》
6th Kuragi Candle Noh
・Okura School Kyogen "Shimizu" Yamamoto Norishige
・Kita School Noh "Nue" Uchida Shigenobu
Saturday, October 18th, performance starts at 17:30, doors open at 17:00
Admission fee: 6,000 yen (all unreserved seats) *Registration begins on August 1st
*All seats are unreserved. Numbered tickets will be handed out at the same time as registration on the day of the performance, starting at around 16:30.
It is a mysterious and fantastical world with live candles lit on the Noh stage in the evening.
Registration will begin on August 1st. Seats are limited so please apply early!
Commentary by "Mura Naoya"
Kyogen "Shimizu"
Shite: Yamamoto Noriyoshi (Taro Kaja)
[Synopsis]
Taro Kaja's master tells him to go to a spring in the plains and fill a bucket with water for a tea ceremony. However, finding this too much of a bother, he lies and says that a demon appeared at the spring, so he threw the bucket at the demon and somehow managed to escape. However, the master is reluctant to give up the bucket and heads off to the spring. Not wanting to let his lie be discovered, Tarokaja decides to disguise himself as a demon.
Noh play "Nue"
Shite: Uchida Shigenobu, first shite (boatman)/second shite (spirit of Nue)
Waki: Murase Satoshi (traveling monk)
Ai: Yamamoto Norihide (resident)
Flute: Onodera Ryuichi
Small drum: Sumikoma Mitsuhiko
Large drum: Kakihara Hirokazu
Taiko: Okawa Noriyoshi
[Synopsis]
A monk (waki) who has made a pilgrimage to Mikumano spends the night in Ashiya Village on his way to the capital when a person on an Utsubo boat (mae shite) appears. When he asks his name, he is told that he is the spirit of a nue killed by Yorimasa's arrow. He tells him about the incident, asks for a memorial service, and disappears.
-Intermission-
As the monk recites a sutra, a nue (go shite) appears, tells him about how Yorimasa killed the nue, asks for a memorial service,