能を観る
Watching Noh
能は遥か700年に渡る伝承の中で時流に合わせ、少しずつ変容してきた芸能です。
しかし、この世界には昔も今も変わらない普遍的な物事が存在します。
人間はなぜ生まれ、死ぬのか。
目の前の美しい景色は何の為に存在するのか。
心に湧き上がる思いを一体どうすれば良いのか。
人間はずっとこんな事を考え、それぞれの人生を歩んできました。
能のメインテーマはそんな“人間の普遍性”であると言えるでしょう。
そして“人間の普遍性”は一人一人の時代や年齢、国籍や生い立ち、または性別などを通して多様な個性を生み出します。
能の中には人間・神様・仏様・精霊・鬼・幽霊など、様々な個性を持った人物が登場し、主人公を取り巻く物語は仮面・装束・音楽・舞・和歌・漢詩・信仰・哲学などの要素を織り交ぜて表現されます。
物語の中の登場人物も、それを観る人々もそれぞれ、他でもない自分自身の人生を過ごしていますので、舞台と見所（客席）の時間と時間、世界と世界が今まさに起こる出来事として鮮やかに交差します。これが能が描き出す“一期一会”の瞬間です。
能に魅了された人々は短い人生の中で、いにしえに思いを馳せ、今という時間を実感し、まだ見ぬ未来に心を躍らせてきました。
能は言わば“中世から使われているタイムマシーン”なのです。
Noh is a performing art that has been gradually transformed in accordance with the currents of the times over a long 700 years of tradition.
However, there are universal things in this world that have never changed.
Why are we born and why do we die?
What is the purpose of the beautiful scenery in front of us?
What on earth should we do with the thoughts that well up in our hearts?
People have been thinking about these things all their lives, and they have lived their own lives. The main theme of Noh is such "human universality.
The "universality of human beings" is also a diversity of personalities, each of whom has his or her own age, nationality, upbringing, gender, etc.
In Noh plays, characters appear with various personalities, including humans, gods, Buddha, spirits, demons, and ghosts, and the stories surrounding the main characters are expressed through a mixture of masks, costumes, music, dance, waka poetry, Chinese poetry, faith, and philosophy.
The characters in the story and the people watching the story are living their own unique lives, so time and time on the stage and in the audience (the audience), world and world, intersect vividly as events that are happening right now. This is the "once in a lifetime" moment that Noh depicts.
In their short lives, people who have been fascinated by Noh have been reminded of the past, experienced the present, and been excited by the future that they have yet to see.
Noh is a "time machine" that has been in use since the Middle Ages.
金剛流Kongo-Ryu
金剛流とは What is Kongo-ryu
能楽の主役を勤める役者・シテ方は現在5つの流儀に分かれています。その中で金剛流は古くは奈良の法隆寺に奉仕した猿楽座・坂戸座が源流で、室町時代初期には春日大社・興福寺に勤仕する大和猿楽四座の一つになりました。後に金剛座と呼ばれる様になり現在の金剛流へと至ります。
現在では京都が本拠地となり、シテ方五流の中で唯一関西に宗家の在住する流儀でもあります。
その芸風は「舞金剛（まいこんごう）」と言われ、豪快な動きと華麗・優美さを兼ね備えた舞に特徴があります。また「面金剛（おもてこんごう）」とも言われ、所蔵する能面に名品が多い事でも知られています。
There are currently five schools of Noh theatre in Japan. In the early Muromachi period (1333-1573), it became one of the four Yamato sarugaku troupes that served Kasuga Taisha Shrine and Kofukuji Temple. Later, it came to be called Kongoza, and led to the present Kongo-ryu.
Kyoto is the current home of the Shite School, and it is the only one of the five Shite Schools whose headmaster resides in the Kansai region.
The art of Noh is known as "Mai Kongo," and is characterized by dynamic movements combined with gorgeous and graceful dances. Also known as Omotekongo, the Noh masks in the museum's collection include many masterpieces.
金剛能楽堂 Kongo Noh Theatre
現在の金剛能楽堂は、菊水鉾町（四条室町）に百四十余年の星霜を経た旧金剛能楽堂から舞台をそのまま移築し、2003年に現在の京都御所の西側（烏丸中立売上ル）に開館しました。年に10回開催される金剛流の公演「金剛定期能」や新年の「謡初め」、「送り火能」や「能面能装束展」をはじめ、様々な能楽の公演が行われています。
The current Kongo Noh Theatre was opened in 2003 on the west side of the current Kyoto Imperial Palace (Karasuma-neutral-agaru) after the stage was moved from the former Kongo Noh Theatre, which had been located in Kikusuihoko-cho (Shijo-Muromachi) for over 140 years. Various Noh performances are held here, including "Kongo Regular Noh," a performance of the Kongo school held 10 times a year, "Youtsumae" in the New Year, "Okuribi Noh," and "Noh masks and costumes exhibition.
金剛定期能 The Kongo Regular Noh
定期能はその流儀や一門の最もオフィシャルな定例公演です。
金剛定期能では宗家をはじめ金剛流の能楽師が総出演で、年に10回季節に合わせた演目や普段見れない珍しい演目をお送りします。定期会員になると番組の郵送や割引などの会員特典を受ける事ができます。一見すると敷居の高い公演に思えるかもしれませんが、一回ごとの前売券・当日券や学生券もありレパートリーも豊富なので、むしろ初めてのお能鑑賞にもおすすめです。
Regular Noh performances are the most official regular performances of the school or division.
The Kongo Regular Noh Program features performances by the Soke and other Noh performers of the Kongo School, 10 times a year, with programs that match the season and rare performances that are not usually seen. Regular members receive special membership privileges such as discounts and mailings of programs. At first glance, it may seem like an intimidating performance, but advance and same-day tickets for each performance and student tickets are available, and the repertoire is extensive, making it a good choice for first-time Noh theatre-goers as well.
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