{"id":4155,"date":"2016-06-02T11:55:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T02:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2016-06-02T11:55:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T02:55:22","slug":"thank-you-for-coming-to-our-performances-in-tokyo-by-ryotaro-leo-ikenaga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160602_4155.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Thank You for Coming to Our Performances in Tokyo&#8221; by Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160602_4155.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160602_4155.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;Thank You for Coming to Our Performances in Tokyo&#8221; by Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank You for Joining Us at\u00a0Tokyo University of the Arts for<br \/>\nKodo Premium Concert<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u2013An Invitation from Tamasaburo Bando into the World of Kodo\u2013<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_5033-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9920 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_5033-s-680x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_4931-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9919 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_4931-s-680x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Numerous artists at the forefront of the performing arts scene in Japan and around the world are\u00a0Tokyo University of the Arts alumni. At the end of May, we gave three performances at the University&#8217;s concert hall, which received an enthusiastic\u00a0response thanks to the presenter and each audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_1375-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9917 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_1375-s-680x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThis performance is accompanied by a commentary in Japanese* by our artistic director, Tamasaburo Bando. He speaks of his relationship with Kodo over the past 16 years and\u00a0thoughts behind his direction.<br \/>\nTamasaburo&#8217;s commentary is filled with surprising stories and jokes, so we are entertained on stage by his words from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>*Note:\u00a0His commentary is\u00a0in Japanese only, so if you don&#8217;t understand Japanese, please let our drumming\u00a0do all the talking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_0518-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9915 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_0518-s-680x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone who attends\u00a0this performance will enjoy the programme as much as we do!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_4580-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9918 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_4580-s-680x453.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe are now in Kyoto performing at Kyoto Theater, which is located inside the Kyoto Station building. We look forward to seeing everyone there!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_0287-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9914 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_0287-s-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_0911-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9916 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/premium_0911-s-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Photos: Takashi Okamoto<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/ryotaroikenaga_ja.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9491 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/6fb5c49ce5313b362f159b6b4b12a7ac-170x170.jpg\" alt=\"30-\u6c60\u6c38\u30ec\u30aa\u907c\u592a\u90cePortrait_2015_0444-mc\" width=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kodo Premium Concert<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\u2013An Invitation from Tamasaburo Bando into the World of Kodo\u2013<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>June 1 (Wed)\u20133 (Fri), 2016 Kyoto Theater, Kyoto City<\/p>\n<p>Start:<br \/>\nJune 1 (Wed) 11:00, 16:00 (2 performances)<br \/>\nJune 2 (Thu) 11:00, 16:00 (2 performances)<br \/>\nJune 3 (Fri) 11:00<\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: #cc0000;\">Commentary will be in Japanese only.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/oet\/20160601-03b_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/oet\/20160601-03b_en.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank You for Joining Us at\u00a0Tokyo University of the Arts for Kodo Premium Concert \u2013An Invitation from Tamasaburo Bando into the World of Kodo\u2013 Numerous artists at the forefront of the performing arts scene in Japan and around the world are\u00a0Tokyo University of the Arts alumni. 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Tamasaburo&#8217;s commentary is filled with surprising stories and &#8230; <a class=\"more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160602_4155.html\">\u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[249,253,64,224],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4159,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions\/4159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}