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Wearing the Earth
Contributed by David Surtasky Photographs by David Surtasky Japanese Textiles and the Art of Sculpting Kimono, Theatre Nohgaku’s Costume Workshop (Pt.1) From a distance the pattern isn’t clear, only on close examination is the detail apparent. This theme is resonant … Continue reading
Posted in Costume Workshop, Workshops
Tagged 2014 costume workshop, お守り, Chusei Nihon Kenkyujo, examining details, gold leaf, hakama, jacquard loom, lacquer, Momoyama Period, monica bethe, nomura studio, nurihaku, plain weave, shimogamo shrine, surihaku, the Medieval Japanese Studies Institute, yore, Ōkuchi, 中世日本研究所
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Beyond Hip Hop Style: Feeling and Form in Noh’s “Big Pants” (Ōkuchi)
Contributed by Megan Nicely [Editor’s note: Megan Nicely is an artist/scholar whose choreography and writing focus on American and Japanese experimental dance. She holds an MFA in dance from Mills College, a PhD in performance studies from New York University, … Continue reading
Ōkuchi
Ōkuchi. Or some seriously big pants. Worn as part of a noh costume, these are hakama that have a large hump formed in the back (made stiff by alternating thick and thin wefts.). They’re sufficiently large that a multi-person operation … Continue reading
Posted in Costume Workshop, Workshops
Tagged bane, costume workshop, hakama, koshi-obi, noh, noh costume, noh theatre, Oshima Kinue, theatre nohgaku, Ōkuchi
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Wearing the Role
Contributed by David Surtasky I’ve had the opportunity in the past to watch professional noh actors as they’ve been dressed in costume – while on tour with them, backstage at various theaters and at workshops. There’s often a slight glaze … Continue reading
Posted in Atsumori, Performances
Tagged atsumori, hakama, mae-shite, noh, noh costume, noh theatre, Noh Training Project, taira no atsumori, theatre nohgaku, tsukurimono
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