Noh Shozoku (Costume) Workshop 2025 (11-16 June)

Theatre Nohgaku is pleased to announce the Noh Shozoku (Costume) Workshop 2025

HOSTED BY MONICA BETHE (KYOTO)

AND MEMBERS OF THE OSHIMA FAMILY (FUKUYAMA)

See how noh costumes are made, learn what they mean, and experience how they are worn. Japanese textile expert and noh scholar Monica Bethe serves as guide and Kita School professionals provide costuming lessons in a workshop that features visits to fabric dyers, weavers, and embroiderers, as well as attendance at a professional noh rehearsal and subsequent full performance. TN has been organizing this workshop with Monica off and on since 2012 and we are honored that she continues to work with us sharing her wealth of knowledge to offer insight into the incredibly profound work of textiles and their use in noh. This workshop starts in Kyoto with 4 days of lectures and onsite visits to artisan craftsman’s workshops. Then we bid farewell to Monica in Kyoto, and travel to Fukuyama where we have the opportunity to observe a “moshi-awase” (final rehearsal) of the following day’s noh performance and be get an introduction to the costumes and masks that will be used. The next day a full noh program including 2 noh and a kyogen will be seen. On the the last day of the workshop, we get the opportunity to try on and get hands on experience dressing each other. This is an extremely rare opportunity for a peek inside the inner workings of tradition.

Workshop is conducted in English (except for Noh Performance Viewing.) No prior experience in reading or speaking Japanese is required.
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WHAT: NOH COSTUME WORKSHOP

WHERE: KYOTO & FUKUYAMA

COST: ¥120,000 (limited to 6 participants)

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Course fee does not cover: airfare, room and board, ground transportation.

For further information:
https://www.theatrenohgaku.org/costume-workshop
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You may also like the following events from Theatre Nohgaku:

• This July, 7th July, 10:00 am, Noh Training Project Japan 2025 (7-25 July) in Ota

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