Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
“Invigorating Lives” with Noh !~open one's senses
Sachiko Nakajima, Thematic Project Producer "Invigorating Lives" Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
Noh is the first performing art to be registered as a UNESCO World Intangible Heritage Site, and it is a condensed version of the Japanese spirituality that has been handed down for 700 years without changing. Ms Nakajima's theme is to open up the diverse life (creativity) latent in each individual, and this workshop aims to build a foundation for people to experience the diverse values that have been passed down in the genes of the Japanese people, which are contained in Noh, and to open up life within themselves.
Discussion
- Traditional performing art
- Cultural arts
- Historical heritage
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Signature Programme
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
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Date of
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2025.04.25[Fri]
14:30 ～ 16:30
(Venue Open 14:15)
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- Venue
- Pavilion
- Playground of Lives: Jellyfish Pavilion
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Programme details
The world's oldest existing masked drama, Noh, has been passed down for 700 years and is composed entirely of “human power”. In addition to the voices of the chorus and the physicality of the dances, Noh masks, costumes, fans, and musical instruments, which can be considered the best of Japanese crafts, have all been made by human hands. Noh plays are performed in the language of the Muromachi period (1333-1573), which tends to give the impression of “difficult.” However, Noh plays are filled with “beautiful Japanese words,” including waka poems and classical literature such as the Tale of Genji and the Tale of the Heike. We believe that knowing the meaning of these words and singing them in words is a major element in opening one's sensibility. By unraveling these “secrets that Noh has cherished for 700 years” and connecting them to the present day, and by “opening” the aesthetic sense and sensitivity that the Japanese people have cherished, we will work to share these values with a diverse range of people from around the world and to serve as a catalyst for the new creations that will be born from them.
(Examples of workshops)
The meaning of Noh costumes ・Wonder of Noh masks ・Words of Noh ・Sounds of Noh ・Movements of Noh, etc.
*We would hold several workshops within these 2 hours.
Cast
Moderator
NAKAJIMA Sachiko
Thematic Project ”Invigorating Lives" (Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition)
Musician, a mathematics researcher, and a STEAM Educator. She is also CEO of steAm, Inc.,the representative director of steAm BAND Association and a thematic project producer of Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan. She also serves as a STEM Girls Ambassador, Cabinet Office. She won the gold medal as the first Japanese woman in the International Mathematical Olympiad. She passionately conducts research on art and technology as well as music, mathematics, and education. Winner of 2025 Power Of Radiance Award by Cle deau Peau Beaute (Shiseido).
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Yamamoto Akihiro
Yamamoto Noh Theater Foundation
Master Noh actor of the Kanze school, holder of the General Designation of Important Intangible Cultural Property
President of Yamamoto Nohgakudo Foundation
Director, Nohgaku Kyokai (Nohgaku Association)
2012 Tiffany Foundation “Traditional Culture Grand Prize
2012 Kansai Vigorous Cultural Bloc Award
2015 Japan Water Grand Prize
2015 The Japan Foundation “Global Citizen Award
2017 Good Design Award, Commendation for Excellence by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
2021 Osaka Culture Award
2023 Mainichi Earth Future Prize, Kubota Prize
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Yamamoto Yoshie
Yamamoto Noh Theater Foundation
Secretary General of Yamamoto Nohgakudo Foundation
2013-15 Head of Osaka Branch of Ikebana International
2015 Member of Osaka City Urban Attractiveness Strategy Council
2016 Osaka Sakuyahime Award
2017-19 Member of the Kansai Council of the Union of Kansai Governments
2018 Awarded “Shining Woman Prize” at Kansai Zaikai Seminar
2024- Vice-Chairman of Tourism Promotion Committee, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Yamamoto Yoshiaki
Yamamoto Noh Theater Foundation
Noh actor of the Kanze school
First stage appearance at age three
Already premiered “Iwafune,” “Midare,” “Shakyo,” etc.
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Yamamoto Noh Theater Foundation
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Co-creating Cultures for the Future Week
“Invigorating Lives” with Noh !~open one's senses
Noh is the first performing art to be registered as a UNESCO World Intangible Heritage Site, and it is a condensed version of the Japanese spirituality that has been handed down for 700 years without changing. Ms Nakajima's theme is to open up the diverse life (creativity) latent in each individual, and this workshop aims to build a foundation for people to experience the diverse values that have been passed down in the genes of the Japanese people, which are contained in Noh, and to open up life within themselves.
-
2025.04.25[Fri]
14:30～16:30
(Venue Open 14:15)
- Pavilion
- * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
©steAm Inc. & Tetsuo Kobori Architects All Rights Reserved
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