TOKYO, Jan 27 (News On Japan) –
A Noh efficiency created to help restoration from the Noto Peninsula earthquake was staged in Tokyo on January twenty fifth after an uncommon crowdfunding marketing campaign led by a member of Japan’s Imperial household raised greater than 13 million yen in donations over three months.
The newly produced work, titled Urushi Kuyo, was offered as a prayer for reconstruction and as a means to attract consideration to Noto’s conventional lacquer craft trade, which was closely affected by the 2024 earthquake.
The piece was primarily based on a waka poem written by Princess Akiko of the Mikasa household, with Noh performer Kanze Kiyokazu serving as supervisor, and the story was constructed round a lacquer artisan as its central determine.
Scenes depicted conventional methods similar to urushi-kaki, the method of creating cuts in lacquer bushes to gather sap, highlighting each the craftsmanship and the cultural heritage behind the trade.
Many artisans in Noto suffered harm within the earthquake, elevating issues that the area’s lacquer traditions might be misplaced, and the crowdfunding effort was launched to assist help these concerned within the craft and maintain the abilities alive for future generations.
Princess Akiko mentioned she had labored towards the efficiency within the perception that providing a Noh play in solidarity with these affected, and with everybody linked to Noto’s lacquer trade, might assist in some small solution to help the restoration.
She additionally expressed hope that Urushi Kuyo will proceed to be carried out and that it will possibly at some point be staged in Noto itself.
Source: FNN