{"id":9686,"date":"2024-03-12T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T02:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/?p=9686"},"modified":"2024-03-29T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T00:52:18","slug":"less-than-a-week-to-go-until-the-performance-of-%e3%80%8csign-language-kyogen%e3%80%8d-at-the-ishikawa-hyakumangoku-cultural-festival-2023deadline-10-19thu-%e3%80%90kanazawa-event%e3%80%91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/9686","title":{"rendered":"Less than a week to go until the performance of \u300cSign Language Kyogen\u300d at the Ishikawa Hyakumangoku Cultural Festival 2023*Deadline: 10\/19(Thu) \u3010Kanazawa Event\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sign language is often used and talked about in TV dramas. Have you ever heard of \u300csign language kyogen\u300d, a traditional Japanese performing art in which Kyogen is performed in sign language? A \u300csign language Kyogen\u300d performance will be held at the Ishikawa Prefectural Noh Theater on Sunday, October 22 as an event of the \u300eIshikawa Hyakumangoku Cultural Festival 2023\u300f, the largest cultural arts festival in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/syuwakyougen_group_20231015-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8679\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An act of sign language kyogen (image from \u300eIshikawa Hyakumangoku Cultural Festival 2023\u300f Instagram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Japan Deaf Theatre Company (Social Welfare Organization Tot Foundation)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u300cJapan Deaf Theatre Company (Totto Fund for Social Welfare)\u300d, consisting of Deaf actors, was established in April 1980 as the \u300cTokyo Deaf Theatre Circle\u300d. After meeting the current chairperson, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, it became an affiliate theater company of the Tot Foundation and changed its name to the \u300cJapan Deaf Theatre Company\u300d. It has been active for more than 40 years since its inception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company performs \u300cSign Language Kyogen\u300d and other plays using \u300csign mime\u300d, a form of expression created by combining the characteristics of sign language and pantomime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"\u7b2c31\u56de\u624b\u8a71\u72c2\u8a00\u30fb\u521d\u6625\u306e\u4f1a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8sCEkMnZ5M8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2191<br>This is a video of the \u300c31st Sign Language Kyogen and New Year&#8217;s party\u300d delivered in November 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This \u300cSign Language Kyogen\u300d performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Deaf actors are scheduled to perform \u300cBusu\u300d and \u300cRokujizo\u300d, which appear in the Ikkyu&#8217;s pompous stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By using sign language to express the dialogue, both those who can hear and those who cannot hear can enjoy the performance. The performers&#8217; expressive and expressive skills are noteworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/syuwakyougen_two_20231015-1024x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8680\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Actors perform with sign language and rich facial expressions (image from \u300eIshikawa Hyakumangoku Cultural Festival 2023\u300f Instagram)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Event Name<\/td><td>Sign Language Kyogen Performance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Date and Time<\/td><td>October 22 (Sun.)<br>Morning performance starts at 11:00 (doors open at 10:15)<br>Afternoon session: 14:00 (doors open at 13:15)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deadline\u3000<\/td><td>October 19 (Thursday)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Venue<\/td><td>Ishikawa Prefectural Noh Theater<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Location<\/td><td>4-18-3 Ishibiki, Kanazawa City<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Official Site\u3000<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ishikawa-bunkasai2023.jp\/event\/280\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ishikawa-bunkasai2023.jp\/event\/280\">https:\/\/ishikawa-bunkasai2023.jp\/event\/280<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3204.774247625263!2d136.6606908119515!3d36.559555872201386!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x5ff833865ac07069%3A0xe798daf5dd0d0961!2z55-z5bed55yM56uL6IO95qW95aCC!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1697366557306!5m2!1sja!2sjp\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign language is often used and talked about in TV dramas. 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