CREDITS

The project is a cooperation of the Research Institute for Japanese Traditional Music at Kyoto City University of Arts, the Department of Music at Stanford University and the Kongō School of Noh.

Principal Collaborators and Advisors

KONGŌ Hisanori, Iemoto of the Kongō School, Kyoto
UDAKA Michishige, Kongō School, Kyoto
Thomas Hare, Princeton University
Monica Bethe, Otani University, Kyoto
Diego Pellecchia, Kyoto Sangyo University
Rebecca Teele Ogamo, Kongō School
AKAMA Ryo, Ritsumeikan University, Art Research Center, Kyoto

Website Development and Design

Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR), Stanford University Library:
Glen Worthey
Scott Bailey
Peter Broadwell
Javier de la Rosa
Juan Pablo López Franco
Simon Wiles
Vijoy Abraham

Translation of Noh Plays

Rebecca Teele Ogamo, Kongō School

Editor

Ellen O'Connell Whittet, University of California, Santa Barbara

Additional Collaborators

NAKAMURA Itsuko, American Consortium for Japanese Studies
TAKAHASHI Yoko, Kyoto City University of Arts
David Yu, Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of the Pacific

Performers

Academic Examples

Dancer: KONGŌ Tatsunori
Singers: UDAKA Tatsushige, UDAKA Norishige, ARIMATSU Ryōichi
Taiko: NAKATA Hiromi
Kotsuzumi: HAYASHI Yamato
Ōtsuzumi: TANIGUCHI Masatoshi
Nohkan: MORITA Yasuyoshi

Okina

Okina performer: KONGŌ Hisanori (Kongō School)
Sanbasō performer: SHIGEYAMA Sengorō (Ōkura School)
Senzai: SHIGEYAMA Tatsumasa (Ōkura School)
Kōken: HIROTA Yukitoshi (Kongō School)
Kōken (second): TESHIMA Yukihiro (Kongō School)
Kōken: SHIGEYAMA Akira (Ōkura School)
Kōken (second): YAMASHITA Moriyuki (Ōkura School)
Taiko: MAEKAWA Mitsunori (Komparu School).
Ōtsuzumi: KAWAMURA Masaru (Ishii School)
Kotsuzumi: KICHISAKA Ichirō (Ōkura School)
Kotsuzumi (second): UEDA Atsushi (Ōkura School)
Kotsuzumi (second): KICHISAKA Rinpei (Ōkura School)
Nohkan: MORITA Yasuyoshi (Morita School)
Jiutai: (Kongō School, back row from right)
IMAI Katsunori,
IMAI Kiyotaka (leader),
TANEDA Michikazu,
TESHIMA Kōji,
(front row from right)
YAMADA Isumi,
UDAKA Tatsushige,
SHIGEMOTO Masaya,
SŌMYŌ Tadasuke

Matsu Take Furyū (Furyū part)

Furyūsenzai: SHIGEYAMA Shime (Ōkura School)
Matsunosei (the spirit of pine tree): SHIGEYAMA Shigeru (Ōkura School)
Takanosei (the spirit of bamboo tree): SHIGEYAMA Motohiko (Ōkura School)
Jiutai: (Ōkura School, from right)
SHIGEYAMA Ippei,
SHIGEYAMA Sennojō,
SHIGEYAMA Toramasa,
MATSUMOTO Kaoru,
SHIMADA Hiromi,
MASUDA Hiroki,
IGUCHI Tatsuya,
SUZUKI Minoru

Takasago

(with special kogaki variation named kaikō, nagashiyatsugashira, shichigosannodeha, and watamashi)

Shite: KONGŌ Tatsunori (Kongō School)
Shitezure: UDAKA Norishige (Kongō School)
Waki: HŌSHŌ Kin’ya (Hōshō School)
Wakizure: HŌSHŌ Naoya (Hōshō School)
Wakizure: KOBAYASHI Tsutomu (Hōshō School)
Aikyōgen: SHIGEYAMA Ippei (Ōkura School).
Taiko: MAEKAWA Mitsunori (Komparu School).
Ōtsuzumi: KAWAMURA Masaru (Ishii School)
Kotsuzumi: KICHISAKA Ichirō (Ōkura School)
Nohkan: MORITA Yasuyoshi (Morita School)
Jiutai: (Kongō School, back row from right)
IMAI Katsunori,
IMAI Kiyotaka (leader),
TANEDA Michikazu,
TESHIMA Kōji,
(front row from right)
YAMADA Isumi,
UDAKA Tatsushige,
SHIGEMOTO Masaya,
SŌMYŌ Tadasuke,
Kōken: HIROTA Yukitoshi
Kōken (second): TESHIMA Yukihiro

Hashitomi

Shite: KONGŌ Tatsunori
Waki: ARIMATSU Ryōichi
Kyōgen: SHIGEYAMA Shime
Kotsuzumi: NARITA Tatsushi
Ōtsuzumi: TANIGUCHI Masatoshi
Nohkan: MORITA Yasuyoshi
Jiutai: UDAKA Michishige, Leader
MUKAI Hiroki
SHIGEMOTO Masaya
TANAKA Toshifumi
TANIGUCHI Masahiko
TESHIMA Kouji
TESHIMA Yukihiro
YAMADA Isumi
Kōken: HIROTA Yukitoshi
Stage assistant: SOUMYOU Tadasuke

Kokaji

Shite: UDAKA Tatsushige
Waki: ARIMATSU Ryōichi
Wakizure: HARA Riku
Kyōgen: SHIGEYAMA Shime
Taiko: MAEKAWA Mitsunaga
Kotsuzumi: NARITA Tatsushi
Ōtsuzumi: TANIGUCHI Masatoshi
Nohkan: MORITA Yasuyoshi
Jiutai:
TANEDA Michikazu, Leader
HIROTA Yukitoshi
IMAI Katsunori
SOUMYOU Tadasuke
TANAKA Toshifumi
TANIGUCHI Masahiko
TESHIMA Kouji
UDAKA Norishige
Kōken: YAMADA Isumi
Stage assistant: MUKAI Hiroki

Recording

Academic Examples: Music

Sound: KAWASAKI Yoshihiro, FUKUMIYA Kiyoaki, INOUE Hifumi, Kyoto Technical Office and Design Lab NADI
Camera: YAMAJI Masanori, NAGAI Ayako, OKADA Kota, from Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center

Academic Examples: Dance

Sound: Prof. NISHIURA Takanobu, FUKUMORI Takahiro, IKEFUJI Daisuke, MIZUONO Tomoyuki from Ritsumeikan University, College of Information Science and Engineering, Department of Media Technology
Camera: YAMAJI Masanori, OKADA Kota, MATSUSHIRO Takanobu, from Ritsumeikan University Art Research Center

Hashitomi and Kokaji Plays

Camera: NEMOTO Taro, SHIMIZU Motomi.
Sound: FUKUMIYA Kiyoaki, INOUE Hifumi, Kyoto Technical Office and Design Lab NADI

Okina and Takasago Plays

Director: KONGŌ Hisanori (KCUA)
Stage Manager: NOMURA Kenichi (KCUA)
Stage lighting: TONOMURA Yūichirō (KCUA)
Stage set up: MAEHARA Kazuhiko, OTANI Midori (Kyoto Butai)
Camera: HIGASHI Masako (KCUA),
KŌNO Aiko (KCUA),
Aymen Chaabane.
Sound: YAMAGUCHI Tomohiro (KCUA),
Producer: FUJITA Kuniko (KCUA)
Composition of Kaiko verses: YAMANAKA Reiko (Hosei University)
Supervisor: FUJITA Takanori (KCUA)

Postproduction

Sound

KAWASAKI Yoshihiro,
Robert Bassett, Recording Studio at the University of the Pacific

Video

Jason Alarcon

SPONSORS

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Japan Fund, Stanford University;
Stanford University Library, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR);
Stanford University, Department of Music;
Research Center for Japanese Traditional Music, Kyoto City University of Arts;
Stanford University, Shenson Family Fund;
Stanford Center for East Asian Studies;
Hosei University, The Nogami Memorial Noh Theater Research Institute;
Ritusmeikan University, Art Research Center;
University of the Pacific

SPECIAL THANKS

TOKUMARU Yoshihiko
YUASA Joji
YAMANAKA Reiko
TAKAHASHI Terumi