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Ikuko Kawai Women in the Shadows Music Stage "Yukio Mishima x The Tale of Genji Unofficial

Night 2: Murasaki Shikibu "The Tale of Genji" - Ikuko Kawai Music Epic Project

2026/06/07(su.) 15:00 Starting

New National Theatre, Middle Theatre （Tokyo）

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Ikuko Kawai Women in the Shadows Music Stage "Yukio Mishima x The Tale of Genji

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Violinist Ikuko Kawai plans, directs, and handles all aspects of the music for this innovative musical stage "musical epic project" that fuses literature and music. This performance will be based on "The Tale of Genji," the world's oldest full-length novel, and will feature performances by Japanese instrumentalists and a string ensemble, as well as a newly staged mono-opera with shadows and storytelling. In the second half, the world's first Japanese-Western mixed orchestra "Hibiki" will appear. The harmony of traditional Japanese sounds and Western instruments will create a dramatic, nostalgic, and new musical world. Enjoy a one-of-a-kind artistic experience on the stage of the New National Theatre, where the souls of performers who transcend genres resonate.

Program

Mono-opera "The Tale of Genji

Ikuko Kawai
A selection of Japanese masterpieces that resonate with instruments from Japan and the West

Japanese old songs and masterpieces

The second half will feature a concert by the mixed Japanese-Western orchestra "Hibiki" on the theme of famous Japanese songs.

Performer

Ikuko Kawai

violin
Toshaobu Fujisya (member of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies)

Shinobue and Nohkan
Akinao Kominato

shakuhachi
Yoshika Osasu

biwa (Japanese lute)
Miho Kiba

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Mochizuki left-hand guardian dog (Pseudorasbora parva)

drum
Eishin Fujisha

hand drum
Ruriko Kasuga

small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)
Haruna Higashida

free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
Tomoyuki Asakawa

harp
Ensemble Hibiki

ensemble
string ensemble

string ensemble

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