NEWSymposium: The Hitoyogiri Shakuhachi and the Sonic World of Medieval Japan, September 27th, 2025

The Hitoyogiri Shakuhachi and the Sonic World of Medieval Japan

Date: September 27th (Sat), 2025 14:00-17:00
Place: ICU D-kan, Auditorium

[The First Section: Lectures]
Lecture I: Sagara Yasuyuki (classical shakuhachi research, performer, meianshinpo-ryū-shakuhachi performer) "The world of hitoyogiri"
Lecture Ⅱ: Takakuwa Izumi (Honorary Fellow at Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) "The hitoyogiri performed by noh-actors"
Lecture Ⅲ: Matt Gillan (Prof. at ICU, musicology) "The meaning of hitoyogiri-shakuhachi chōshi: a consideration of Hayashi Razan’s Yoin shakuhachi-ki"

[The Second Section: Performance]
Izumi Takeo, Oyama Kizen, Kato Itsumi, Matt Gillan, Sagara Yasuyuki, Shimazu Yoshihide, Dan Shinku, Nick Bellando.

[The Third Section: Special perfomance]
Obama Akihito (hitoyogiri, shakuhachi)
Kawano Yuki (kyogen-shi, recital)

＊Reservation needed (either via e-mail or tellephone)
＊Contact & reservation: ICU Sacred Music Center（smc@icu.ac.jp / TEL: 0422-33-3330）
＊co-sponsors：Hitoyogiri Shakuhachi Ōmori Sōkun 400 Year Memorial Festival Committee／ICU Sacred Music Center（SMC）／Tōyō Ongaku Gakkai
＊Please use the bus from the nearest station to go to ICU. At the South Exit (bus stop no. 2), take the Odakyu Bus (Sakai 93) bound for International Christian University (国際基督教大学)
＊Access to ICU：https://www.icu.ac.jp/about/access/
3-10-2 Osawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan
*You can download the poster from <HERE>