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Japan Culture and Taishu Engeki Association (a general incorporated association)

Taishu Engeki originated from actors who left the classically traditional Kabuki theatre during the Edo period to become travelling entertainers. It grew in popularity throughout Japan as the theatre for the masses. Today there are about 120 troupes, which tend to be formed within families. Their leadership is usually handed down from generation to generation. Taishu Engeki consists of plays and dance shows. The plays are characterised by easy-to-understand historical dramas with a clear sense of right and wrong, comedies that provoke laughter, and tear-jerking, human-interest dramas. The dance shows are delicate yet extravagant. Taishu Engeki is jam-packed with the traditional characteristics of Japanese culture that appeal to foreigners - Kimono, Geisha, Oiran (courtesans), Samurai, swords, Chambara (sword fighting), Shamisen, Kabuki and more! In particular, Onnagata, in which male actors perform as women, is filled with unique beauty and quality.

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An interview for a French national television progamme, “Les Voyages de Nicky”.

24 April 2023
An interview for a French national television progamme, “Les Voyages de Nicky”.

2024.01.21

An interview for a French national television progamme, “Les Voyages de Nicky”

Suzumaru Tachibana, Leader of the Tachibana Koryumaru Gekidan – Suzugumi, and Shishimaru Kabuto, Young Leader of the Gekidan Shachi, appeared on the programme at the Asakusa Mokubakan Hall.

A few days before the interview, the French programme’s MC, Nicky Doll (a French drag queen, a television personality and a musician), saw a poster of the performance in front of the Mokubakan Hall and made an offer to do the interview.

Despite short notice, Suzumaru and Shishimaru wanted to prepare a surprise for the programme and danced to the tune of ‘Au Champs-Elysées’, to which Nicky Doll and the film crew reacted extremely favourably.

It was a wonderful time of cultural exchange.

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24 April 2023An interview for a French national television progamme, “Les Voyages de Nicky”.

24 April 2023
An interview for a French national television progamme, “Les Voyages de Nicky”.