アマテラス
先週末２６日（土）、京都の南座で開演中の「アマテラス」（坂東玉三郎演出の玉三郎と太鼓芸能集団 鼓童の共演）の観劇を女房と２人で楽しんだ。
開演間もなくから玉三郎の妖艶な踊りと、鼓童のバチさばきに、見惚れ聞き惚れ、世俗を忘れるひと時を過ごす事ができた。
休憩を挟み約２時間３０分、日本神話の高天原を題材に鼓童の勇壮な太鼓演奏と玉三郎の美の饗宴は、小生のような無骨者にとっても、引き入れられると云うか、それはそれは感激であった。
客は８割方が女性。それもあってか、カーテンコールが鳴りやまず、最後はスタンディングオペレーション。結局１０回に及ぶカーテンコールとなり、最後は少々疲れ気味。
幾ら感激してもカーテンコールは４・５回までが限度。１０回ともなると・・・。
Last weekend, Saturday the 26th, my wife and I enjoyed watching “Amaterasu” (Tamasaburo Bando directed by Tamasaburo Bando and Kodo, a drumming and performing arts group) at the Minami-za in Kyoto.
As soon as the performance began, I was mesmerized by Tamasaburo’s bewitching dance and Kodo’s bachi moves, and I was able to spend a moment forgetting the mundane.
After an intermission, for about 2 hours and 30 minutes, the brave drumming of the Kodo and Tamasaburo’s feast of beauty, based on the theme of the High Heavenly Plain of Japanese mythology, were so inspiring that even a rugged man like me could be drawn in.
Eighty percent of the customers are women. Perhaps because of this, the curtain call did not stop ringing and it was a standing ovation at the end. It ended up being 10 curtain calls, and at the end I felt a little tired.
The curtain call is limited to 4 or 5 times, but 10 times…
