Come to Ogi’s performance hall, known for its “Speaking Arts of Essa” that features vaudevillian and folk entertainers from Sado and beyond, including gozeuta (female shamisen player and singer), kodan story-telling, and rokyoku narrative singing, come experience the history and present of the speaking arts of Essa.
Aug. 26 (Fri)~28 (Sun)
On opening night (Aug. 26) there is only an afternoon program.
On Aug. 27 and 28, there are both morning and afternoon programs.
Morning program Curtain 10:00 / Ends 12:15
Afternoon program Curtain 13:30 / Ends 15:45
Ogi Tennanso
2,700 yen (general seating)
Kagetomo Nagao
[Chobokuri – comic song] Genichi Hiroshima (tachiyaku – young adult male role), Shosen Honma (jikata – musical accompaniment)
[Essa gozeuta – females shamisen player and singer] Naoko Kayamori
[Kodan – story-telling] Matsunojo Kanda
[Rokyoku – narrative singing] Daifuku Tamagawa, Mineko Tamagawa (shamisen)
[Performers] Chieko Kojima, Motofumi Yamaguchi, Eiichi Saito(Kodo)
80pp
〈Morning performance〉
Presenter welcome (5min) / [Performer] Kagetomo Nagao
Chobokuri – comic song (10min) / [Performer] Genichi Hiroshima (tachiyaku – young adult male role), Shosen Honma (jikata – musical accompaniment)
Gozeuta (female shamisen player and singer) / [Performer] Naoko Kayamori
Kodan – story-telling / [Performer] Matsunojo Kanda
Rokyoku – narrative singing / [Performer]Daifuku Tamagawa, Mineko Tamagawa (shamisen)
〈Morning Performance〉End
~Iromono Performance~ (Music, Dance, etc)
〈Afternoon performance〉
Presenter welcome (5min) / [Performer] Kagetomo Nagao
Chobokuri – comic song / [Performer] Genichi Hiroshima (tachiyaku – young adult male role), Shosen Honma (jikata – musical accompaniment)
Gozeuta (female shamisen player and singer) / [Performer] Naoko Kayamori
Kodan – story-telling / [Performer] Matsunojo Kanda
Rokyoku – narrative singing / [Performer] Daifuku Tamagawa, Mineko Tamagawa (shamisen)
〈Afternoon performance〉End
Theatre close
*Afternoon performance only for the first day (26th). Both Morning and Afternoon performance for 27th and 28th.