Sunday, July 27, 2008

Karasuyama - Yama Agesai - July 25-27, 2008



















Yama Agesai - Children's outdoor kabuki, originally performed to ward off summer epidemics. Each performance lasts about 50 minutes, then the entire stage is dissembled, moved to the next neighborhood location and rebuilt.

Fifteen performances over 2 1/2 days.

Final scene of "Masakado"
Nakanocho 4 pm performance. July 26, 2008.
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in Nakanocho and Kioicho
Karasuyama City, Tochigi Prefecture
July 26, 2008
Photo courtesy: MTC

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