Artist Interview アーティストインタビュー

日本の前衛を代表する
維新派・松本雄吉の世界
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Leaders of Japan's avant-garde theater
The World of Yukichi Matsumoto and Ishinha
The Ishinha theater company (led by Yukichi Matsumoto) is known for its unique style of theater called “Jan-Jan Opera” that is performed is specially built large-scale temporary outdoor theaters. In addition to their regular outdoor productions in Osaka, the company has been performing overseas since 2000. This autumn they made their first tour of Latin America, appearing as guest performers at Mexico’s Cervantino International Theater Festival, which featured Japan this year, and in Brazil at the Teatro do SESC Santos. Furthermore, these performances marked the world premiere of the company’s new work Natsu no Tobira, a new departure for Ishinha. We spoke with Matsumoto about the “world of light and shadow” that delighted his Latin American audience unprecedented stagecraft.
(Interviewed and edited by Jun Kobori, recorded at the Inshinha office in Chuo-ku, Osaka)