The 2003 Laureates / Arts and Philosophy Category / Theater, Cinema
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Tamao Yoshida (Personal name: Sueichi Ueda)

Japan / January 7, 1919 - 2006
Bunraku Puppeteer

Workshop

Workshop
Bunraku and Tamao Yoshida

Coordinator and Moderator:
Kiyoshi Mizuochi (Member, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Professor, Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Obirin University)

13:15
Opening Address
Shuji Takashina
(Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee; Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
 
Introduction to Bunraku
(Video)
 
Introduction to the Laureate
Kiyoshi Mizuochi
 
Interview with the Laureate
"The Artistry of Tamao Yoshida"
Tamao Yoshida (Laureate, Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy)
Kiyoshi Mizuochi

Including video highlights from the following Bunraku performances:
Sugawara denju tenarai kagami (Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy)
Shojo nagori no dan ("The departure of Michizane" scene)
Heike nyogo no shima (The Heike and the island of women)
Kikaigashima no dan ("Devil's Island" scene)
Sonezaki shinju (Love suicides at Sonezaki)
Tenmaya no dan ("Tenmaya teahouse" scene)
 
Intermission
 
 
Forum
"The Art of Tamao Yoshida and the Future of Bunraku"
Moderator:
Kiyoshi Mizuochi

Panelists:
Tamao Yoshida
Yoshikazu Gondo (Theater Critic)
Mayumi Morinishi (Associate Professor, Ikenobo College; Editor-in-Chief, Kamigata geino magazine)
Tsunatayu Takemoto (Bunraku Chanter)
17:30
Closing
 

Workshop Abstract(PDF)