The “Reiwa 6 February Bunraku Performance” can be staged from February fifth to thirteenth on the Japan Youth Hall in Tokyo.
The efficiency, which incorporates scenes from “Adanami Onna Maiogi” (The Beauty of the Dancing Courtesan), is organized by the National Theatre of Japan. This marks the primary time {that a} Bunraku efficiency can be held on the Japan Youth Hall. The program is split into three elements, with the primary half that includes the dance “Futari Sanbaso,” and the tragic story of Hayano Kanpei from “Kanadehon Chushingura,” together with the scenes “Yamazaki Kaido Deai no Dan,” “Futatama no Dan,” “Mibai no Dan,” and “Hayano Kanpei Harakiri no Dan.”
The second half contains the “Sakaya no Dan” (The Liquor Store Scene) from “Adanami Onna Maiogi,” the place the character Osato reminisces about her husband who has left her, and the glamorous dance “Modorikago Iroai Kata” from “Kuruwa Bunsho.”
The third half options “Gojo Bridge,” depicting the fateful encounter between Benkei and Ushiwakamaru, in addition to scenes from “Sotoba Komachi” that painting the emotional and ethical struggles of the sumo wrestler Nuregami and his household, together with “Nanba Ura Kenka no Dan” and “Hachiman Sato Hikimado no Dan.”
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The “Reiwa 6 February Bunraku Performance” can be staged from February fifth to thirteenth on the Japan Youth Hall in Tokyo.
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