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Taito Ward Asakusa Public Hall

Since the opening in August 2018, "Edomachi-Taito Entertainment Festival" which has delivered a variety of entertainment and traditional culture, including traditional arts from the Edo period through various events. A closing event was held on Saturday, February 16, 2019.

The theme of the closing event – From Edo to Tokyo "The lively crowd of Edo living now" ~ . It was divided into the first part and the second part, and Taito Ward boasts a wide variety of performing arts that got together and was performed together. This time, I wrote about the first part so we will tell about it.

The bustle of Asakusa 6-ku

Before the opening of the first part, there was an announcement of the performers of the closing event at "Asakusa 6-ku" known as a sacred place for entertainment.

What appeared before the Asakusa entertainment hall was the 5th district of the Edo Fire Brigade Memorial Association, a general association formed to convey the tradition of "fire fighting" that was born as a fire brigade in the Edo period to future generations. Demonstrated powerful Edo's woodworking and clasping .

The next thing that appeared was a glittering Oiran (japanese old style courtesan). It is Mr. Kotaro Ryu who acts as a mass actor. From the Asakusa 6-ku street to the closing event venue · Asakusa public hall the procession of Oiran was entertained by many passers-by.

Closing event Part 1

Star's hand type honorific ceremony
Taito Ward, popular entertainment mecca, gave hands and signs from 1979 (Showa 54) as a "star" in front of the Asakusa public hall in order to honor the accomplishments of entertainers who contributed to the promotion of popular performing arts, It is set up in the "Plaza". This year, a honorary ceremony was held for six people with hand shapes installed.

Former Takarazuka boys top star and actress Amami Yuki "I am from Taito Ward, but it is a feeling of lack of ability to put a hand on this place that I have been familiar with since my childhood, my mother is also very pleased I was able to do filial piety.I would like to continue to do my best to make Taito Ward lively. "

Singer / Mr. Otsuki Miyako "I came to the singer for the first time in 55 years, but now I am happiest the most.We would like to select the hand of the star this time and I hope that you will have a wonderful Japanese popular song from tomorrow I think that you got a fight when delivering it, thanks to everyone who listens to the song. Thank you very much. "

Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankuro "I am very pleased to be able to enter among the great seniors who have left the hands of the star up to now. Among those seniors are two grandparents, my father and my aunt as well This Asakusa public hall is a New Year Asakusa Kabuki which is said to be a gateway for young Kabuki actors.I also appeared in this place for many years from the age of 18. From now on I would like to be a good actor to love and love people in Asakusa. "

Kankuro's younger brother Nakamura Shichinosuke "I have been indebted to this Asakusa public hall since I was 16. Although there are so many customers today, only about five customers in my first performance There was no one, I will beat up from the ground in this place, I am very pleased that you have chosen to be a star's hand like this. "

Although Azuma Takahiro of the talent was also elected, attendance to the festival ceremony did not come true, Tomohiro Higashi Tomohiro as a younger brother attended on behalf of Mr. Takahiro Mr. Tomohiro was read aloud. "My father, Azuma hachiro also leaves hand shapes 38 years ago from now, there is a memory that I felt even more greatly to my father who I respected as a junior high school student at that time, my father is 49 years old At the time I left his hands, I am also 49 years old, I was able to leave my hands in the same year, I will continue to devote myself to ashamed of this honor from now on. "

Unfortunately, Takagawa Yumi, an actress, was absent from the awards ceremony, and the managing director of the office that he belonged to was read by his comments. "We have selected it as a hand type at the end of Heisei and it is full of appreciation.The entertainment life has also entered in the 46th year, so we will continue to devote ourselves with new feelings encouraging you to choose this time."

Kabuki dance "Tongue-picking Sanjo"
Nakamura Kankuro is succeeding Nakamura Kanzaburo who is the founder of Edo Kabuki, Nakamura Kankuro performed Sanjo, and Shichinosuke was playing a thousand years. The venue was crowded with a comical movement of Sanjo.

Edo TaiKagura music
The origins of tTaikagura are the &quot Sangaku " transmitted to the shrine in the Heian era. It was developed as an acrobatics in the Edo period and gained popularity. Okinaya Wasuke and Okinaya Kohana will show off his umbrella, etc., and the crowd gets a lot of fun with skillful technique.

Rcitation “Thirteen nights”
A Story tellar Kumazawa Nansui that appeared on a dark stage. Moistly and sometimes intensely, She talked about Higuchi Ichiyo's "Thirteen nights ". Higuchi Ichiyo is a writer who is familiar with this place, such as writing masterpiece "Takekurabe　" set in Ryusen, Taito-ku.

Historical narrative "Shinmon Tatsugoro "
From Edo to the Meiji / Taisho era, Historical narrative which was a representative of people's entertainment. Kanda Kurenai told the lifetime of Shinmon Tatsugoro who was active as a firefight in Edo in Edo. It was the first time she ever tells this story. The audience was fascinated by the delightful enthusiasm that was full of presence, and it was drawn into the world of the Historical narrative.

Kappore dance
"Kappore" is a dance spreading all over the country by the petitioner afterwards, based on "Sumiyoshi dance" dedicated to Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka in hopes of rich a good harvest and becoming called by this name in the Edo period. Sakura gawa iri hune shachu venue was excited with the dance that matched the "Kappore" calling by the company .

"Edomachi-Taito Entertainment Festival", which has grown up in Taito-ku with performing arts and traditional culture for about half a year, has closed the curtain here. Even in the closing event, we offered a wide variety of performances not caught in the genre to the audience, and it was a great success as a "festival where you can enjoy the power of the shoulder" that anyone can participate.

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Ichiyo Memorial Museum at Taito Ward

Ichiyo Memorial Museum at Taito Ward is located in a place where female writers, Ichiyo Higuchi in the Meiji era once opened roughs and sweets shops.

Ichiyo is said to have obtained the idea of masterpiece "Takekurabe" in about 10 months spent in this place.

Ichiyo moved to Shimotani Ryusenji Town 125 years ago.

In commemoration of this, at the Ichiyo Memorial Museum, during the period from Saturday, November 10, 2018 to January 27 (Sunday) 2019, the Moved to Shimotani Ryusenji Town 125 year anniversary special exhibition "Shimotani Ryusenji Town Higuchi Ichiyo " is held.

The exhibition room is divided into two, the first exhibition room introduces the life of Ichiyo before coming to Shimotani Ryusenji Town, and the life in this place.

Shimotani Ryusenji Town

Ichiyo who lost his father at the age of 17 was responsible for the lives of her mother and sister as the main pillar of the family.

Although she was publishing a novel and getting drafts, her life was so hard to go on and moved to Shimotani Ryusenji Town to start a new business.

The fact that the borrowing letters and letters of exhibits were telling us that Ichiyo’s life at that time was strict. Also, as there are few pictures of the Shimotani Ryusenji Town at that time, you can see this area’s situation in paintings.

Children live in a neighbourhood and people who work in the Yoshiwara area came to the Ichiyo’s shop. Ichiyo observed people through such exchanges and later, The theme of her novel;Scoop up the little voices of people who live in one corner of societywas formed.

Ichiyo’s masterpiece “Takekurabe” is a boy and girl’s pale love of the downtown, which is set in the vicinity of Shimotani Ryusenji Town, and Sensoku Inari Shrine and Ootori Shrine appeared in the work.

Between the reality and the ambition

Ichiyo became good friends with a woman named Nonomiya Hisako when she lived in Shimotani Ryusenji Town. Autographed letters addressed to Ms. Nonomiya from Ichiyo are on display.

Before she came to this place, she learned Japanese poetry and classical literature at a school named "Hagi no sha", where she also learned the essence of the litgraghy.

A replica of the desk which Ichiyo used until died is also exhibited. It is a gorgeous one with ivory settled, it seems to have been bought from her father.

She spend wealthy life in her childhood. The real thing of the desk is kept in the Modern Japanese Literature Museum in Meguro-ku.

In the 2nd exhibition room, from 7 factors we could understand how Ichiyo’s life in Shimotani Ryuzenji Town affected "Takekurabe".

At first, Ichiyo wanted to be a japanese poetly’s teacher, not to be a novelist.

A lot of young ladies of the famous family passed through "Hagi no sha" where Ichiyo learned japanese poetly. Among them, it is thought that there was also a hard time for Ichiyo who had no title. One time she wore a cloth full of paches and visited "Hagi no sha".

A replica of the kimono is on exhibition. Ichiyo’sister, Kuni and this kimono with great difficulty so that it would not be able to see the patch if she wore a coat on it.

After living for about 10 months at Shimotani Ryusenji Town, Ichiba moved to to Hongou maruyama fukuyama Town.

And there, during 14 months untill she died, she wrote many works including "Takekurabe". This period is called "14 months of miracle".

Ichiyo came to Shimotani Ryusenji Town for business, but she gained inspiration that would be a source of later writing life from interaction with people she met here.

It would be clear how the life in here stimulated the creativity of Ichiyo by this special exhibition.

In the permanent exhibition, works after Ichiyo passed away were mainly introduced.

While Ichiyo alive, her works were published in a magazine, and no books such as novels were not sold.

This is the last book of Ichiyo and the only book published while she alive "Encyclopedia of Daily Usage 12th Edition Common Letters". An example sentence of a letter by Ichiyo.

Ichiyo’s younger sister Kuni was keen to preserve her work after the death of Ichiyo. Even she was evacuated with Ichoyo’s manuscripts under wartime.

It is largely owed to Kuni that we can now see Ichiyo’s manuscript etc in this way.

Kuni has contributed essays to the magazine "Women's World" as "a side of my older sister who did not have a wage."

It is very valuable material today to convey the figure of real Ichiyo seen from the close relatives.

"Nigorie" of the original one which was put into a stage by Mr. Yukio Ninagawa in 1984. A stage model handed down by Setsu Asakura herself who was in charge of the stage arts is displayed.

In the special exhibition, life in Shimotani Ryusenji Town, the foundation of creation of Ichiyo "Takekurabe", has been comprehensively introduced, so I thought that after viewing I could understand the work even more.

Shimotani Ryusenji Town The 125th anniversary commemorative special exhibition "Shimotani Ryusenji Town (town of the stature) Higuchi Ichiyo" is held until January 27, 2019. When you come to the memorial hall, why not try walking around and thinking about the world of "Takekurabe"?

Outline of the exhibition

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This building is standing side by side with the Tokyo National Museum, across from Ueno Park.

It used to be the Keisei Electric Railway Former Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station which has been used as the nearest station of the Tokyo Imperial Museum (now the Tokyo National Museum) and the Imperial Ueno Zoo.

Along with the decrease in users, it had been suspended business in 1997. In April 2018, as a building with a historically important landscape value, it was the first railway facility which is selected as Tokyo Metropolitan Selected History Building.

Renovation work was carried out on this machine, furthermore, Tokyo National University of the Arts, Department of Art Department manager, UENOYES * A comprehensive producer, Mr. Katsuhiko Hibino, designed the door.

* Art project with the theme of social inclusion. With the aim of new social participation of people from the beginning of culture, regardless of disability, with various people from races and countries, from children to adults, develop various programs throughout the year, from Ueno We are disseminating it to the world.

On November 23, 2018, a part of Keisei Electric Railway old museum zoo station building will be opened to the public. At the same time, within the station building, a limited-time installation work Wandering into the Rabbit Hole will be displayed as a Historical Cultural Resource Utilization Program that is part of the UENOYES project.

I participated in a press tour that was held prior to that, so I will tell you the situation.

Let’s open the new door and go inside.

When you open the door, there is a huge rabbit!

Because the ticket gate of the old museum zoo station is in the basement, this work have a motif of a rabbit who has habits of digging soil and creating a nest.

The story that Ms.Shiratama Hitsujiya written down on Ueno's research was written by Ms. Akiko Sakata of art and was supported by the technical scientist of Mr. Kento Mori, a scientific museum · support researcher at the National Science Museum · Animal Research Division Exhibition.

Both Ms.Hitsujiya and Ms.Sakata say that this station building is a "space inspired by artists".

Mr. Mori says that he usually creates skeletal specimens by 3D scan and printer and has thought that it would be great if he chould show his works to the public. When Ms.Hitsujiya talkes about this project, he accepted immediately. It was in 1997 that the old museum zoo station stopped operating, but due to the idea of ​​Mr. Mori, the genuine exhibition of the skull of Huang Huan of the giant panda who died the same year came true.

In this way the installation work “Wandering into the Rabbit Hole” . There is a unique world view that draws in what you see from the moment you open the door.

You can actually touch the entrance rabbit or book, the skull replica, and you can do graffiti on the glass.

Even those who have never used the old museum zoo station, you will be able to enjoy the work with a thought on the history of the station building.

Since it will be a limited-time exhibition until February 24, 2019, how about going to the old museum zoo station on this occasion?

Publication and exhibition of Former Hakubutsukan-Dōbutsuen Station “Wandering into the Rabbit Hole” Summary

Related events will also be held. Please check the official website for details.
 
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