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Left to right, from top: Plucking the shamisen with a plectrum (player: Sugiura So); a Noh mask (photo: Takahashi Noboru); the Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro in a play called Shibaraku; a gaku-daiko drum used for court music; the Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke in a play called Benten Kozo; playing the shakuhachi; drums (from left: san-no-tsuzumi, ichi-no-tsuzumi, kakko); a sho (photo: Omori Hiroyuki). (Kabuki actor photo credits: Shochiku Corp.)
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Special Feature*
Young Performers
Carry On
Ancient Traditions
Gagaku music and dance from ancient times, Noh from the medieval period, Kabuki from the 1600s — they entertain audiences even today.
Many traditional Japanese performing arts are passed down from one generation to the next — from father to son, from master to apprentice.
Century after century, young people follow in the footsteps of their masters. We meet some of those young performers in this issue of Nipponia.
How do they feel about their role as guardians of the past, keeping traditional forms of entertainment alive for audiences in the future?
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