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Dym Sensei
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Приєднався 25 лют 2010
I am a Professor of Japanese History at Sacramento State University. This channel primarily focuses on areas of my research, such as Manga, Kamishibai, and Noh theatre, as well as projects I come across that I find interesting or are related to my job. You are sure to learn something while watching my films and I hope you will subscribe to my channel!
The Math of Noh
Noh Theatre represents a 7-century continuous performance history in Japan. Current performance practices have master performers rehearsing by themselves and coming together as a group for a one time only performance experience for any specific play. Based on the combinations of styles of performers, from musicians to actors to chorus members, a noh performance today represents a one in 3,600 possible mix of styles for every play. This film clarifies the scope and the magic of The Math of Noh.
In short, the mathematics of the combination of performers who each perform a particular noh in their own style and are brought together and have to listen and work with all of the other performers on stage who trained for the play in slightly different ways for only one unique performance are insane.
能楽は7世紀にわたって日本で上演されてきた歴史があります。 現在の能楽では、プロが自己でリハーサルをし、ステージで初めて一つのグループとして演奏します。 音楽家から俳優、合唱団員に至るまで、各出演者の流派の組み合わせ が3,600 分の 1 の奇跡を起こします。この映画は、能の数学的な魔法を明らかにします。
In short, the mathematics of the combination of performers who each perform a particular noh in their own style and are brought together and have to listen and work with all of the other performers on stage who trained for the play in slightly different ways for only one unique performance are insane.
能楽は7世紀にわたって日本で上演されてきた歴史があります。 現在の能楽では、プロが自己でリハーサルをし、ステージで初めて一つのグループとして演奏します。 音楽家から俳優、合唱団員に至るまで、各出演者の流派の組み合わせ が3,600 分の 1 の奇跡を起こします。この映画は、能の数学的な魔法を明らかにします。
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Blue Eye Samurai & Traditional Japanese Puppet Theatre
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Blue Eye Samurai is an impressive Netflix’s animation that transports viewers into a fairly realistic Tokugawa period Japan. While the story takes liberties with some aspects of Japanese history, others are surprisingly accurate. Episode 5 retells Mizu’s history though a puppet theater adaptation. If you want to learn more about the traditional Japanese puppet theatre that forms the backbone of...
Traditional Japanese Puppetry: Beyond Bunraku (人形浄瑠璃)
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Japan has a rich and long puppet history. Traditional Japanese puppets are manipulated by three puppeteers, and unlike puppetry in many other places around the world, Japanese puppet theatre is generally for adults, not children. Today, when people think about Japanese puppetry, they equate it only with Bunraku. Bunraku is the name of an Osaka puppet theatre that emerged in the 19th century and...
Three New Nō Masks by Kitazawa Hideta
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Three New Nō Masks by Kitazawa Hideta This short video presents three new nō masks carved by Kitazawa Hideta. The masks are a Sankōjō, a Yorimasa, and a Shakumi. The masks were all ordered by the shite for the performance. No masks emit a power in a performance that is captured in these close-up clips. Shot at the Oshima Nōgakudo on June 18, 2023. 北沢秀太 新作能面3枚 この短いビデオでは、北沢秀太が彫った新しい能面を3つ紹介しています。そ...
お遍路病 Ohenrobyo Pilgrimage Addiction
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A pilgrimage is a journey of moral or spiritual significance. Pilgrimages take many forms, but are often to specific locations that are of importance to a person's beliefs and faith. There are pilgrimages all over the world, and anyone can basically turn a journey to someplace they travel to into a pilgrimage if they view it as a “sacred journey.” Anime fans, for example, visit sites in Japan f...
Japanese Puppet Heads
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A brief visual overview of the variety and sublime beauty of Japanese puppet heads.
World's First Super Hero?!?! Ogon Batto
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During the 1930s and 1950s one of the most popular forms of entertainment in Japan was kamishibai paper plays. By most accounts the very first kamishibai (紙芝居) was Ōgon Batto (黄金バット), which was performed on the streets of Tokyo in 1930. By some accounts, Ōgon Batto was the first superhero. He predates both Superman and Batman by a number of years. This film provides a brief overview of Ōgon Bat...
Kamishibai Quizzes: How Many Can You Figure Out?
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During the 1930s and 1950s Gaito Kamishibai (街頭紙芝居; street paper-plays)was one of, and at times the most popular form of entertainment in Japan. The kamishibai-man, and most performers were men, bicycled around town and performed a series of stories that were painted on cards and pulled out in sequence as the story unfolded. The kamishibai-man earned a living by selling penny candy between the ...
The Five Categories of Noh Plays
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This brief film provides an overview of the 5 categories of nō. There are roughly 240 nō in the standard nōrepertoire and they are divided into the following five categories: God - warrior - woman - miscellaneous - and demon. The film also discusses the sequencing of the nō in a day’s performance. English closed captioning and Japanese subtitles available. 英語字幕と日本語訳付 この映画は、5つの能カテゴリーを要約したものです。能に...
Japan's Sublime Textiles: From Cocoon to Loom
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Japan’s Sublime Textiles: From Cocoon to Loom is a rearranged and reedit excerpt from the feature documentary Flowers on the Stage: Noh Costumes. While Flowers on the Stage takes an in-depth look at noh costumes from how they are made to how they are worn to how they are used in a noh performance, Japan’s Sublime Textiles focuses solely on the creation of the fabric that noh costumes are made o...
Flowers on the Stage: Noh Costumes, 能装束, nō shōzoku, Nō Costumes
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Flowers on the Stage: Nō Costumes, 能装束, nō shōzoku is the second in a series of documentaries that delves deeply into a particular aspect of Japanese nō theatre. Nō dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest continually performed theatrical traditions in the world. An integral element of nō are the costumes that the performers wear. Nō Costumes reveals the beauty of nō costumes as ...
Amaterasu, Her Jealous Brother Susano, and Weaving in Japan
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Amaterasu, Her Jealous Brother Susano, and Weaving in Japan
Noh Masks (面, Men): The Spirit of Noh Theatre
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Noh Masks (面, Men): The Spirit of Noh Theatre
World War II Suicide Speed Boat Sailor Memorial
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World War II Suicide Speed Boat Sailor Memorial
Interesting documentary. But I must say that I find it somewhat inconceivable that it made no mention of the "fusuma Karakuri"tradition in the Nouson Butai. Is this not the most distinctive and singularly impressive element in the Tokushima tradition? I recently purchased a book on Nouson Butai which heavily featured this tradition with numerous colour reproductions of the exraordinary screens that change to form a fantastic sequence of wonderful background scenes. Why was this not a feature of the documentary? Also, the Tokushima tradition is theatre's build in shrines for outside performances only, this point was also not really elaborated on.
While the film does not mention fusuma karakuri by name it is shown. There are a few fusuma changes that take place. The film also shows a number of country stages. Perhaps I should have shown a few more fusuma changes, but I didn't want to delve too deeply into it as I wanted to stay focused on the puppets.
amazing video thank you
Thanks!
Very interesting and beautiful! Thank you so much.
Thank you for watching!
This was awesome. Thank you so much for posting.
Thank you for watching.
📿👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🔥{{~•~}}
What about the chanters? Are they always the same school as the Shite?
The chorus are all shite (main actors) from the performing shite's school. So they all sing in the same style.
The original cross dressers
What a hero. In fact between his design, unstoppability, and that iconic evil laugh, Oggon Bat seems less like a hero and more like a demon. A noble demon who’s traveled from hell to punish evil.
Yes, he is a very scary hero!
一期一会
型がハッキリ決められてるから出来るのかもね 日本の芸能や武術は型が基本 素晴らしい文化👍
Great job.
Thanks for watching!
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I'm ready!
Please check out the feature film!
incredible.. can't wait for the release 🎭
It's released. Please check it out!
@@Dymsensei thanks Dymsensei .. I certainly will..
Interesting
Onryō-men masks are in my opinion the coolest masks by far 16:48 And what mask is this one called exactly? 39:27
あなたの解説は日本人より分かりやすく面白いですね。
ありがとうございます!
Was that a lady narrating at the start? I’m kinda surprised, but in a good way. ❤
Yes. Outside the National Theater in Osaka women are an integral part of traditional Japanese puppet theater. In some areas women are the majority of performers.
I just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it :) Very interesting and pleasing to watch. Thanks !
Can someone explain that seal being put inside
It is basically the artist signing their artwork with there name. Seals comprised of the Chinese characters for a person's name have been used for signatures in East Asia for centuries.
Awesome
Gracias
The doll at 39 seconds was cool I literally screamed WHOA ! I've never seen anything like that in my life. So cool. Your documentary skills are very good. Please continue making them if you can
5:06 Wow, Dr. Nazo must be pretty evil if he's got those guys working for him! 😏🦞
Professor is that you? O.O
Yes. 😄
@Dymsensei I hope you had fun in Japan. ^_^ you have an impressive manga collection I'm actually quite envious. Hope you have a fun semester.
Episode 5 is perfect. It doesn't even need context, it could stand alone as a short film. Last year I was planning a trip to Japan. The plan fell through, but I'm continue to study Japanese anyway. After watching episode 5, I added watching a bunraku performance to the list of things I want to do in Japan. Wish I could say the same about the last two episodes. The show is mostly good, but season 1 did not stick the landing.
Episode 5 is great. When you make it to Japan there is also traditional Japanese puppet theater on Awaji island and in Tokushima.
@@Dymsensei Part of the plan for the trip to Japan was to make Osaka a temporary base of operations for activities outside of Tokyo. That would've been the time to make the hop to Awaji. Hopefully one day. :D
Oh hey its my shul. The algorithm works in weird but awesome ways.
Amazing puppetry and documentary!
Great video! Loved the use of the puppets in episode 5!
The series "Blue Eye Samurai" led me here, in episode 5, regarded as one of the best, bunraku is used to tell the protagonist's story. The series in general is one of the best animations Netflix brought out. Episode 1 and 6 are on their official YT channel for free.
Same here! Love that show and the bunraku puppets in episode 5!
It really is a great series, and it does a good job incorporating various details/aspects of Japanese history.
Me too! I fell in love with the puppets, they are very cute but I love the movements of their little hands and expression.
I'm hoping the series can start a boom of bunraku theater.
Same here!
Definitely one of the better series at the moment. Intelligent plot, little katana-wrangling. Very close to umbrella academy I & II and squid game. The scenes with the dolls are some of the best in the whole season. (you could have done without the last 10 minutes of the eighth episode)
Fantastic re-creation of the travelling story format. Thank you. It is good to find more quality information about early Japanese fiction characters these days online and not just rumors or footnotes in wikis. Thank you very much. Superb! 😀 The top google results for Golden Bat used to lead mainly to korean bootleg anime and while funny, were not helpful in researching the origins of the creation of classic and pulp characters.
Thanks for watching!
This is so cool to me because it’s like a more interactive storybook. I’d love to make one of these. But like in a modern sense? Aka a storybook told in this way but not so much a folktale just a story I think that would be super cool! I even think it would be cool if the stage was decorated to enhance the story like a frame. Idk. Something that just came into my head when I found out about this art form.
I have another video on kamishibai in the classroom which talks about ways to incorporate it in teaching. With more and more youth addicted to rapid fire media consumption, I think art forms like kamishibai are needed to try and slow things down for their over stimulated brains.
Really fun! It challenges my Japanese language knowledge, general knowledge about Japan/folklore and just puzzle solving. めっちゃ楽しかった!
This has been such a resourceful video and is made to such a high standard. Very informative. Thank you for making this!
Wish I could've played Baby Got Back during this retarded dance🙃
I am wondering where the Zeami quote in this video comes from. I am studying about “no”and would appreciate it if you could tell me!
Comes from Zeami's Fushikaden.
Yeah, golden bat, the first superhero before superman before Batman before any kind of superhero there is the golden bat, the first superhero who laughs evil
This was absolutely fascinating! The detail and quality that went into this video truly show the passion of all involved. What a treat!
Thank you so much for watching!
Kenny Lauderdale covered this guy under the name Golden Bat
BEST DOCUMENTARY ON NOH ON UA-cam I VE LOOKED THRU SO MANLY LECTURES AND PSEU DOCUMENTARY FINALLY ONE WHO EXPLAINS EVERYTHING THOROUGHLY
Thank you for your your kind comments. Working on a documentary right not on Noh Music, so please subscribe so you won't miss it when it comes out next year.
@@Dymsensei cannot wait
I'm so glad you made this! It's been tough finding Golden Bat content in English. So far I could only watch three episodes of the sub because I just haven't been able to track down the rest, and these are the second and third kamishibai I was able to watch. Thank you so much!
They are hard to find even in Japanese. Not widely published.
Work in the rice fields/factories. Make kamishibai/cartoons and comics to promote the cause. Give your money for war bonds. Join the Japanese/American military. The messages were different, but the intent is very much the same: our country is good, you should give your life for it, and don't think of all of the innocents we will make you slaughter. An excellent video and retrospective of the time. Thank you!
I'd love to visit all 88 temples I heard it helps people refocus and get out of tough times changing their lives
It is a magical experience. There is no right way nor wrong way to visit them. You can do all at once or in pieces. You can walk or go by bus or car. Before Covid, I was putting together a bus trip in English to visit them all. Perhaps I will try and rearrange it in the future.
Que lixo...
May you know the history of colonial architecture like the government palace, today is CDC?
Dr. Vann would know.
It is now 8 years (tempus fugit) since I last did a Bunraku project with students and for the last two weeks I have been thinking about starting another project. Back then it was very difficult to get hold of decent material. In order to gather not even half of what was told and shown, I searched again and again for more than 1/4 year. Thank you very much for this film.
Thank you for watching the film and so, so happy it is being appreciated by people in the field. I hope your Bunraku project with students is successful.
@@Dymsensei Pupils have great problems in front of an audience and are hardly able to work together in partner or group work after Corona. In Bunraku, the students can step behind the puppet and are on stage, but still invisible. The puppet is the link and only begins to live in the interaction. But when it works, it is a magical moment for everyone. 🫡
Japanese people often leave out so much detail when teaching their culture to the world (be it in Japanese or English) and it's such an amazing thing to see this man teach the whole world about traditional Japanese puppetry with so much detail.
Thank you for watching!
Wonderful!
Many thanks!
I tried to stretch the video out as much as possible by watching it in bits but that's it, no more bits left : ( The production quality is TV-level, really liked the b-roll prints, the details of the puppets sewing, climbing ladders and performing other fine movements. Also Martin Holman was fantastic, so passionate
Thanks for watching. Martin has a deep love for and knowledge of Japanese puppetry and I'm glad it is coming across in the film.