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Kabuki found new fans, noh went techno and opera sang in multiple languages as Japan’s performing arts scene spent 2025 pushing beyond tradition and toward inclusivity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/19/stage/japan-theater-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #stage #2025inreview #kabuki #noh #bunraku #butoh #ballet #kballet #newnationaltheatretokyo #performingarts #theater

Tradition, remixed: A year on Japan’s stages

From kabuki’s newfound fans to experimental theater’s widening scope, Japan’s performing arts scene spent 2025 reaching outward.

The Japan Times

HuffPost Japan - Athena2 Dec 19

文楽の舞台裏を映した動画が話題。大道具の“松”に命を吹き込む職人技に「匂いまでしそう」の声
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_694214e0e4b01ca4c38818fd

#huffingtonpost #LIFE #ネットで話題 #文楽 #nettodewadai #bunraku

文楽の舞台裏を映した動画が話題。大道具の“松”に命を吹き込む職人技に「匂いまでしそう」の声

初春文楽公演に向けて進む大道具製作。松の葉を一筆ずつ描く、圧巻の手仕事に注目が集まっています。

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Just Jim Dec 6

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#Japanese restaurants often show #sake bottles

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Barbarella D'Acevedo Nov 6

𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯é𝘴

📚 🎌 Disponible en el siguiente enlace (en la bio):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DK418R2S

🎏 Un recorrido por las artes teatrales niponas desde la antigüedad al presente: abarca el nacimiento mítico del teatro, y sus diversas manifestaciones: kagura, gigaku, bugaku —gagaku—, sangaku y sarugaku, entre otros antecedentes del sofisticado teatro nō, que explora también, para luego recrearse en el kabuki, y el teatro de títeres jōruri o bunraku, hasta llegar a tendencias propias de la modernidad —y postmodernidad—, como shimpa, shingeki, angura, la compañía de revista Takarazuka, la danza butō y el teatro contemporáneo.

✒️@barbarelladacevedo
🖌️Ilustraciones, diseño y maquetación: @erickeimil

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The Japan Times Aug 22, 2025

“The shadows tell the story”: Shadow puppetry company Mochinosha has crafted a unique aesthetic influenced by Japanese tradition, contemporary politics and everyday encounters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/08/22/our-lives/mochinosha-puppetry-seri-yanai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #puppets #performingart #stage #theater #bunraku #anime

Seri Yanai: ‘We mix modern and analog to create something new’

The co-founder of Mochinosha, a shadow puppetry company based in Saitama Prefecture, talks about her journey to the stage and her artistic inspirations.

The Japan Times