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Kokeshi Joruri "Mother of Hanako"

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●Greetings

2011 was a memorable year for many people in Japan, with the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th.

2011 was also the year in which the Jasmine Revolution, which started with the self-immolation of a young man in Tunisia, spread to Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, North Africa, and the Middle East.

This big event also claimed the lives of many people.

 

Two young people appear in "Hanako no Omuko-san". "Hanako" is the girl who rang the half-bell to tell people that the tsunami had hit. "Hanako's mother" had a stall selling fruits and vegetables to survive being destroyed by the police. A young man who set himself on fire. They meet in the afterlife, the "Netherworld," and are happily united.

 

Mainly in Yamagata, there is a custom called "Mukasari Ema" in which when an unmarried man and woman passes away, they draw a fictitious groom and bride and dedicate an ema to the temple, depicting the scene of the deceased's wedding ceremony.

This custom was born out of the parents' belief that marriage is the most glorious and auspicious event for a person. I made this work with the desire of the bereaved family to make the deceased person as happy as possible.

Since the events of 2011, I would like to perform this piece with the hope that both the deceased and the living will be healed together and can move forward.

 

● About the work

2011. An unforgettable year for Arabs and Japanese people. Great East Japan Earthquake.

Arab Spring. It happened in the same year. Bouazizi, a young man who set himself on fire in Tunisia. Hanako, a woman who died in the tsunami in Minamisanriku. together unintentionallyaccident. lives lost.

A young man's journey in search of a spouse. A story that prays for their souls.

Original story/screenplay: Makiko Sakurai

■ Staff / Cast

Makiko Sakurai (singing, speaking)

Shiobara Niwa Village (Nagauta, Storytelling)

Kineya AsaYoshi (shamisen)

Junzo Tateiwa (Darbukka,rec)

Design: Diminished Design Partners

Production/Operation: Maripla

Kokeshi Joruri "Hanako Omuko-san" Performance Overview

Date and time April 22 (Sat) Open 16:00 Start 16:30 (Scheduled to finish at 18:00)

●Venue: Jiyugaoka Mardi Gras

●Location: Libre B1, 5-29-10 Okusawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

Price: 5,000 yen in advance, 5,500 yen on the day (includes lunch box)

​ *Member priority reservation from 1/26, general sales from 1/31 Ticket Pia P code: 517618

*The first 20 people who make a reservation will receive a "Kokeshi chopstick rest" purchased in Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

Inquiries: Makiko no Kai Secretariat (makikoclub2022@gmail.com/ 090-9236-0836)

● Reservation: Application formhttps://www.sakurai-makiko.com/blank-6/hanako

●Synopsis
 

In Tohoku (mainly in Yamagata), it is believed that those who die unmarried are the ones with the most regrets. Therefore, there is a custom to dedicate a votive picture of a fictitious mother-in-law or fictitious wife and a deceased unmarried person giving a congratulatory message to a temple. .

 

One spring, Hanako was swallowed by the tsunami and died. It is said that if you bury a deceased person's tooth at the summit of Yamadera, you will be able to go to paradise as soon as possible. Hanako's parents and her younger sister Sakura carry Hanako's teeth up the mountain temple.

On the way, Hanako meets an old man who sells kokeshi dolls. Among the kokeshi dolls sold by the grandfather, there was a Kokeshi doll similar to Hanakokuri. Sakura didn't have any money, but somehow managed to negotiate with her grandpa, and in exchange for Sakura's hairpin, she was given a kokeshi doll that looked just like her sister for one night.

 

Holding the kokeshi doll, Sakura fell asleep. Onee-chan Hanako appears in her dream and goes west to find her mother. Then I meet a young man who died there. A young man who set himself on fire at the age of 26 to protest against police vandalizing a fruit and vegetable stall.

The two talked about each other's countries for a thousand and one nights, and decided to have a wedding ceremony. People gathered to sing each other's national songs, and it became a lively celebration.

Sakura was separated from her parents and was sleeping alone with a kokeshi doll.

 

The next morning, Sakura goes to the old man who sells kokeshi dolls to return them, but there is no old man or kokeshi dolls there, just a big cave. Sakura left the kokeshi there and left Yamadera.

 

That night, Sakura dreams of Hanako again. I'm pointing at the cherry blossom hairpin that I gave to the old man who was wearing Shiromuku. The kokeshi doll that Sakura was holding last night is now being held by her sister.

“A girl who receives a kokeshi doll from her wife will surely meet a good wife.

■開催概要

日時:2024年12月22日(日)13:30-16:30

 (開場13:15 /途中出入りできます)

会場:Studio Onda

場所:東京都新宿区百人町1-23-2 野田ビル3F

交通:JR総武線 大久保駅 南口 徒歩3分ほか

出仕:桜井真樹子、コバヤシタカヒデ、吉田正子、

   山口裕加奈、大木文佳、山本佳克

料金:無料(茶菓をご用意しています)

参加申込・お問合せ:まきこの会事務局

makikoclub2022@gmail.com/ 090-9236-0836

※ご賛同いただけましたら会場内のカンパ箱にご協力をお願い申し上げます。

■プログラム

13:15 開場

  式次第説明・読み上げの説明

  ご挨拶:桜井真樹子

13:30 仕舞(吉松章)

13:50 声明

  七佛通戒偈

  散華(曼荼羅供)

  甲念仏

  阿弥陀経

  合殺

14:55 エレクトリック大正琴(竹田賢一)

15:15 声明

  大懺悔

  廻向伽陀

15:40 エレクトリック大正琴+仕舞

          (竹田賢一、吉松章)

参加アーティスト

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竹田 賢一

日本大正琴奏者、音楽評論家1970年代半ばから、当時ニュージャズと称されていたフリージャズや前衛的即興音楽の領域で、演奏家として活動するとともに、そうした即興的音楽についての評論を、音楽雑誌や文芸評論誌などに発表した。

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吉松 章

謡・舞。能楽の謡や舞を用いた自作に出演、演出。「温羅」「パタヤの売春婦」「マッチ売りの少女」「浦嶋太郎」「四ツ谷マリヤ」「疫病神」、桜井真樹子の創作能に出演。能舞台やコンサートホール、ライブハウス、路上や河原等、ボーダーレスに活動中。海外では、ロシア、アルメニア、カザフスタン、韓国にて、謡と舞を使ったパフォーマンスで参加。

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