Regular Performance -Kongo school-
(Noh performance / Kongo school)

Sat.Mar.21, 2026
13:00 <1st show>
16:30 <2nd show>

1st show

Kyogen"CHA TSUBO"(The Tea Box)
main performer:Sengoro Shigeyama

★story★
  A Country Man is staggering drunkenly along with a box of tea on his back. He has just purchased his master's supply of tea for the year and got drunk in celebration of the deal on the tea dealer's saké. He decides to lie down by the road to sleep for a while, and loosens one of the shoulder straps on the tea box to be more comfortable. A Shyster happens along the same road and decides to cheat the Country Man out of his tea. He lies down and puts his own arm through the loose strap. He pretends to wake up at the same time as the Country Man and they quarrel over the ownership of the tea box. An Arbiter comes out to settle the dispute. The Shyster manipulates the questioning so that the Country Man always has to speak first. He eavesdrops and imitates every word and action of the Country Man when it comes his turn to be questioned.
  Finally the Arbiter orders them to recite their answers in a song and dance which they must both do simultaneously. The Shyster, still imitating, is about three quarters of a beat behind through the whole recitation. The Arbiter still cannot make up his mind, and says that when no decision can be made, the goods go to the arbiter. He picks up the tea box and makes a run for it. The Shyster and the Country Man chase after him shouting that they have been cheated.

Noh"TORU"
main performer:Hisanori Kongo

★story★
  A priest who has come to the capital meets an old man carrying pails of water who tells him that he is taking them to the salt-pans. When the priest questions whether there are any salt-pans in Kyoto, the man explains that when Minamoto no Toru built there a residence known as the Kawara-no-in, he had made in the grounds a replica of a bay in the province of Mutsu complete down to the saltpans, and it is there that he is taking the water. He then reveals that he is the ghost of Toru, and fades from sight. He later appears as the noble himself, tells of the splendours of his palace and dances.

2nd show

Kyogen"SAKKA"(Sakka,the Thief)
main performer:Sennojo Shigeyama

★story★
  The Master sends Taro Kaja to the capital to invite the Master's uncle to come and help him teach renga (a kind of linked poem). When Taro Kaja reaches the capital, he remembers that he doesn't know the uncle's name, what he looks like, or where he lives, so he begins to shout that he wants to find his Master's uncle. A famous thief named Sakka says he is the uncle, and they go home together.
  The Master recognizes Sakka, but doesn't want to make an enemy of him, so he tells Taro Kaja to entertain him till the meal is ready. Taro Kaja makes all kinds of mistakes in etiquette, till the Master instructs him to do and say just as he does. Taro Kaja begins to parrot the Master's words and actions. The Master gets angry, and begins to beat Taro Kaja who in turn beats Sakka. The Master finally throws Taro Kaja down and goes off. Taro Kaja throws Sakka down, and follows his Master off. Sakka gets up, brushes himself off, and goes off in a daze.

Noh"TSUCHI GUMO"
main performer:Yukihiro Teshima

★story★
  After the serving-woman has brought the sick Minamoto no Yorimitsu some medicine, a spider comes to him in the guise of a priest. But when it begins to enmesh Yorimitsu in the threads of a web, he realises that it is some evil creature and manages to slash it with his sword. At this it vanishes but Hitori-musha, alarmed by his master's cries, hurries to the scene and after hearing what has taken place, determines to hunt out the creature. He and his men track it down by following the trail of blood to a cave and there they destroy the spider that has been the cause of Yorimitsu's illness.

commentary in Japanese: Naoki Kaneko(both show)