A movie pursuing a Noh master who plays in Noh masks made by himself in the world on his own is on YouTube

The Atlantic of foreign news media is pursuing Mr. Noboru Uka who is a Noh performance performer who is also registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage by Japanese traditional arts and is a Noh masker who makes his own Noh mask by himself .

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Noh music, a Japanese traditional art, is one of the oldest traditional dramas in the world.

In the depths of the curtain ......

One male stands.

The man who appeared on the stage is wearing a single face.

"This is a sacred area, the other is the area of man, this is the area of God." "By coming here, I can enter pure" ... entrance to God " The

Mr. Nobuyuki Uka who is Noh musician and Nozaki writer.

Noh Noh is the ability of ability, "ability", which means "enjoy the ability." In the past it was called Sarugaku , and the relationship with God was deep.

The performer surely wears the mask of Noh mask and raises the events of the past world. In other words, the main character with Noh is not a modern man, but a ghost, a ghost.

Old man's mask " Sanko " or ...

A woman 's Noh face crazy for jealousy " Shadow "

Contact surface of the ogress " wisdom such as".

"When the audience sees a performer without a mask, if the facial expressions of the person are visible, the things you feel will become thinner, you can not enter deeply from it, if you are a mask you can enter deep into the depths." Mr. Uda.

When I began to "Muromachi period, development Sarugaku is, in a small group," There was a seat. "Seat of Sarugaku, Dayu main performers called was thinking yourself a Noh mask appropriate to the song that made of his own "

"Sometimes, there was always a generation of performers who made their own Noh mask"

"I am the only one now."

"The reason is that the ability to play by myself is that it is" this expression is absolutely necessary. "It is unsatisfactory in the noh masked by people."

Matsuyama city Ehime prefecture was projected.

"Since this time's Dynasty Noh does not have rehearsals, it is suddenly in production, so you can not do it unless you have made something pretty high in advance."

"Do not think it seems like you're thinking about dancing Noh," What was the words of the next song? "Or" Next dancing like this "thinking in production."

Wear costumes ......

Mr. Uda who wears the face.

The curtain rises ... ....

To the stage.

"Even if you do not think about anything, it will come out naturally, when the level reaches that level, a moment of glitter comes by chance, a gleaming light, a wonderful light, that is a beautiful place of real Noh."

Regarding visiting the graves of our ancestors, "I will definitely go once a month, and I will report" I've finished successfully "and" I will do the next stage "

"Not only Noh, tea, flowers, martial arts, etc. are shrinking, I'm really sorry if it got decorated in the museum soon."

"If we do not spread the movement to preserve traditional arts as a big wave and spread it, Japan will become a country of robots that will generate economy"

"I think that it is meaningful to what has been followed, I feel the responsibility to say that I do not pass down from now on," Uda said.