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Poem by Kitahara Hakushu / Composed by Mizuki Aida, "Kitahara Hakushu no mazaa gusu" (Collection of Secular Songs)
140th anniversary of the birth of Kitahara Hakushu / Mizuki Aida Kanakku Hall graduation commemoration
2025/05/11(su.) 14:00 Starting
Yokohama City Kanagawa Kumin Bunka Center Kanagawa Hall Hall （Kanagawa）
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In Search of "Mazaa Gusu," Dedicated to Kitahara Hakushu, 140th Anniversary of His Birth
Mazaa gusu, which became established with the publication of Mother Goose's Melody in London in 1765, refers to "nursery rhymes and songs that have been passed down orally from generation to generation in England. All of them are of unknown authorship, have unique English rhymes, and depict life, death, and cruelty in satirical and wry language based on mysterious legends, and continue to fascinate many people. It was Kitahara Hakushu who first introduced these English children's songs to Japan.
Kitahara Hakushu was born in Kumamoto in 1885 and grew up in Yanagawa, Fukuoka. In 1909, he published his first collection of poems, "Jasumon," and became the standard-bearer of a new generation. He was a standard-bearer of the new generation and came into the limelight. Hakushu's life, which seemed to be smooth sailing, changed drastically in 1912. He was accused of adultery by Matsushita's ill-tempered husband for his illicit love affair with Toshiko Matsushita, who lived next door, and was detained on an unidentified ship. Thanks to the efforts of his brother, he was released within two weeks, and although a settlement was reached, his reputation fell to the ground.
In the midst of his disappointment, his marriage to Toshiko came to an end after less than two years, and in 1916, he remarried to the poet Akiko Eguchi. 1919, he built a house in Odawara and named it "Ki-Usagi no Ie. However, his relationship with Eguchi also ended after four years. In the midst of this tumultuous development, Hakushu translated "Mazaa Gusu" and published it in 1921. In the same year, he married Kikuko Sato, with whom he had his first son the following year, and together with Kosaku Yamada, he published the first issue of "Poetry and Music. He took his first step as a poet of children's songs.
In other words, I feel that "Kitahara Hakushu no Mazaa Gusu" is an expression of Kitahara's great determination to take a new step forward. The trial-and-error process of finding the best way to translate rhyming English poems into Japanese was later utilized in many of Hakushu's children's songs, and "Kitahara Hakushu no Mazaa Gusu" represents the germ of this process.
In 2023, I came across "Kitahara Hakushu's Mazaa Gusu. At the time, I was not in a good state of mind or body, and I could hear Kitahara's cry between the lines: "I must change myself. I must change myself. I must seize it." I felt such a distant call. In 2025, the 140th anniversary of the birth of Kitahara Hakushu, the curtain will rise on a performance of all 120 pieces in their entirety.
Program
Program (with intermission / Act I 90 min / Act II 80 min)
Overture "To the Children of Japan
Act I
The Song of the Mother Goose/ The Funeral of the Komadori/ Moonlit Night/ The Jersey Mouse Chibi-suke/ The Monkey in the Tree/ Walnuts/ The Obese Han of the Mengwi/ The Song of Six Pieces/ One Hour/ Eggs/ Morning Sunset/ The Wind Blows/ Bunless/ The Faustian Player/ Tokokko Barber/ In Your Shoes/ One Stone/ Old King Cole/ Rain, Rain, Go away/ Pig in the Flower Bed/ Sunshine Rain/ The bell of St. Clements / In the shade of thorns / The horse rider / The girl in the lane / The man in the moon / Ten black boy children / The man in the moon / Christmas is coming / Beaah, beaah, black sheep / The candle / Little Tayoui / March, the wind / The masked man / The lion and the unicorn / The shoemaker / The beautiful neck roll / How many, how many animals, how many sacs / What to drink / Is Good little cat? Rainy weather / Bohrii, the medicine can / Pumpkin eating / Bo, wo, wo, wo / Three hundred shopkeepers / When the nails run down / Twenty-four seamstresses / Snail horns out / When I find a needle / Wind, blow, blow / Casual powder shop / Old woman in a basket / Country hansan / Crazy Nanking-san / Nose bending / At the foot of that hill / Cherry blossom song / My mare
Prelude to Act II
The Little Child / Nenneko Uta / Hashishitsu Jack / Cochlea, De Mushi / All in a Row / Cochlea / Good Guy / Talking / Queen of the Haato / Cock-a-doodle-doo / Denden Mushi / Grandma and Son / Tentou Mushi / Warm Rice Mint / Goosamu no Sanshoku / Ki Chiga Hi Kazoku / In One Barrel / Little Master / Djak and Djil / Tom Tom Monk / Inu wa Bow Wow / Little Miss Chan / Bush Doctor / God of Cleanliness / Wedding Ceremony / Taffy / Old Cow / Toby Pikkorin / Eggs for Sale / One Magpie, One Magpie / This and That / To Market and Market / Mathematics / Eye / ABC / May Bees / Morning Ghost / Bonito Bird / Little Mameko / The Frog the Lord of the Frogs / London Bridge / Solomon Grundy / All the World's Oceans / The Sky is Damp / All the Sky / Gabugabu Gabugabu Munching / King Ah Saa / The Jersey Rat / With a Djak Sprout / I Am My Father / Backbone Crooked / The King with a Cat / Gaaaaa, Goose / Into the Fire / Against the Tongs / The Moon Shines / Toy Horse / Cry, Cry / When the North Wind Blows / The King of the Mountain / The Kura Oni / The King of the Mountain / The King of the Mountain / The King of the Mountain Kura Oni / Oyama no Taisho / 11 hand play songs (I'm going up, all together to the forest / This little pig, let me put on my shoes / To the pig with the long tail / Up, up, up / Twelve, three, four, five / Feet, face play / This call bell, the first floor) / Oshimahi (The first floor)
Performer
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Tsuguyo Fuchida
soprano
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Ichiro Negishi
tenor
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Yasuhiro Ito
character tenor
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Mayu Shirai
violin
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Kaoru Nishimura
clarinet
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Seiya Kondo
contrabass
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Shion Sawara
movement
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Daichi Akiyama
image (video) direction
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Kiyoshi Itaya
piano
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Itaru Ogawa
piano
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Mizuki Aida
Percussion/Composition/Superintendent of Music
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