2014年1月のバックナンバー

2014.1. 1

Sugimoto Bunraku: A New Tradition of Puppet Theater Breathes Japanese Soul into Lifeless Wooden Puppets

The 2012 premier performance of "Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju: The Love Suicides at Sonezaki" at Kanagawa Arts Theatre has no doubt gained quite a number of people being intrigued by the depth and the intricacy of Ningyo Joruri Bunraku for the first time. This theatrical work was later refined with new features such as a video installation by contemporary artist Tabaimo, and toured Madrid, Rome, and Paris in 2013. How was the world of Bunraku--a separate art form from the other two types of traditional Japanese theater, Noh and Kabuki--received by the European audiences who were less familiar with traditional Japanese culture and the distinct view of life and death reflected in the narrative?

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