Kodo Member(s) – Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble https://www.kodo.or.jp Exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese drum, the taiko, Kodo is forging new directions for a vibrant living art-form. Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:27:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://www.kodo.or.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-24a12099884b9d4a66ba885267151e16-1-32x32.png Kodo Member(s) – Kodo Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble https://www.kodo.or.jp 32 32 “Update from the Kodo Village Rehearsal Hall” by Kazuko Arai https://www.kodo.or.jp/en/kodo_blog_en/staff_en/6405 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 03:27:48 +0000 http://www.kodo.or.jp/?p=6405 Hello from the Kodo’s Rehearsal Hall on Sado Island!
Junior member Chihiro Watanabe is currently in the middle of intensive rehearsals, surrounded by senior Kodo members. She is rapidly growing as a performer!

]]> “Our ‘Living, Learning, Creating’ Exhibition at EC” by Yosuke Kusa https://www.kodo.or.jp/en/kodo_blog_en/posts-by-member/4992 Wed, 16 Aug 2017 05:53:40 +0000 http://www.kodo.or.jp/?p=4992 Earth Celebration 2017 begins this weekend!

One of the events at EC 2017 this year is Kodo’s free-admission “Living, Learning, Creating” exhibition at Tennanso in Ogi’s main shopping street. Kodo performers and staff will share a range of things they made by hand, including stage props, instruments, and furniture, alongside photos they took while they were on tour with Kodo.

Today, I would like to share a sneak peek of some of the items that will be on display.

▼ Kenta Nakagome’s taiko bachi (drumsticks)

▼ Eiichi Saito’s suri-zasara, a percussion instrument made from bamboo that is played by rubbing a whisk-like beater along a long notched rod.

▼ Tomoe Miura’s coverall apron

▼ Photos by Ryotaro Leo Ikenaga (left) and Ryoma Tsurumi (right)

Yoshikazu Fujimoto, Tomohiro Mitome, and Yuichiro Funabashi will also have their handcrafted drumsticks on display. You will also see sashiko embroidery by Kiyoko Oi, an okedo-daiko made by Maya Minowa…and much more! We look forward to showing you a different side to Kodo than what you see on stage. Please come along!

▼ The exhibition will be held at Tennanso, which is marked “23” on this Ogi map.

Download (PDF *Japanese only)

*During EC, the shops numbered on this map will hold a special market-place event. We hope you’ll take the time to stroll along the shopping street and enjoy the special goods and delicacies the town has to offer.

Earth Celebration 2017 | Living, Learning, Creating Exhibition
https://www.earthcelebration.jp/en/event/exhibition/

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