48th Japan Week in Sevilla
RYOUN-KAN KENBU
Peformance List
20th Nov. at Casino de la Exposicion
and
22th Nov. at Teatoro Pathe
20th Nov.
at Casino de la Exposicion
and
22th Nov.
at Teatoro Pathe
22th Nov. at Teatoro Pathe
1st. Tama Gatami 珠筐
Instrumental
1st. Tama Gatami 珠筐
Instrumental
When the moon met the sun.
太陽と月が出会った時。
When the sun and moon met.
There is no hostility or animosity between them, they will never become one, but will continue to orbit the earth forever.
This is a dances about this concept, using sword and fan.
The highlight is not the handling of the sword as a combat technique, but the colorful trajectory of the sword drawn by Taro and Maki.
太陽と月が出会った時。
敵対も慣れ合いもなく、決して一つにならず、二つは永遠に地球を回り続ける。
というコンセプトを刀と扇子で舞う一曲。
戦闘技術としての刀の扱いではなく、太朗とまきが描く多彩な刀の軌跡が見所。
2nd. Shiro-Yama 城山
Japanese Poem
2nd. Shiro-Yama 城山
Japanese Poem
A battle scene in which the famous samurai “Takamori Saigo” is getting through a hopeless situation with his sword style “Jigen-ryu” of swordsmanship. This song is very popular because it shows in his last moments in solitude and serenity.
有名なサムライ、西郷隆盛が絶望的な状況を、示現流の剣術で切り抜ける戦闘シーンと、そして淋しくも清々しい武士の最後を描く振り付けがとても人気がある曲。
＜Solitary struggle, and break through the encirclement to return＞
孤軍奮闘 囲みを破って還る (Kogun hunto kakomi wo yabutte kaeru)
＜For a hundred Miles I’ve fought through beyond the enemies Walls and fortress.＞
一百の里程 塁壁の間 (Ippyakun no ritei ruiheki no kan)
＜My sword is already broken, my horse is dead.＞
吾が剣は既に折れ 吾が馬は斃る (waga ken ha sudeni ore, waga uma ha taoruru)
＜However now I feel the autumn breeze from mountain of my hometown.
That wind made me decide to die quietly here.＞
秋風 骨を埋む 故郷の山 (Syuhu hone wo uzumu, kokyo no yama )
In 1877, the era of the samurai is coming to an end.
Here is a samurai who had also lost the war and was facing his final moments.
Surrounded by enemies, Takamori Saigo, a samurai, overcomes many forts with all his might to reach his hometown. His sword is broken, his horse has fallen, and there is nothing more he can do.
Saigo felt as if the cool autumn breeze blowing into his hometown comforted him and said, “home. You fought bravely to the end.” Choosing his place and time to die by himself, Saigo ended his life as a samurai in peace.
1877年、侍の時代が終わろうとしている。
ここにも一人、戦争に負けた侍が最後の時を迎えていた。
敵に囲まれ、いくつもの城砦を死力を尽くして乗り越えて、故郷まで辿り着いた侍、西郷隆盛。剣は折れて、馬も倒れ、これ以上出来る事は無い。
故郷に吹く秋の涼しい風が「おかえり。お前は最後まで戦った」と西郷を慰めたように感じた。死ぬ場所、死ぬ時を選び、西郷はサムライとしての人生に彼は安らかに終止符を打った。
3rd. Tomoe and Yoshinaka 巴と義仲
Instrumental
3rd. Tomoe and Yoshinaka 巴と義仲
Instrumental
On the battlefield 900 years ago; the samurai lady “Tomoe” wants to die together with her lover “Yoshinaka” ,but he tells her to keep on living.
900年前の戦場で、彼女は彼と共に死ぬ事を望み、彼は彼女に生きろと言った。
This dance is an episode from the old Japanese military tale “The Tale of the Heike.”
About 900 years ago, Tomoe, a female samurai, had a lover, Yoshinaka, who has been in love with her since childhood. However, the two samurai get separated on the battlefield. The battle is very much to their disadvantage. Tomoe wants to fight and die alongside her Yoshinaka. However, Yoshinaka’s wish for Tomoe is to live on. He knows he can’t protect her in this fight. He asks her to run away, saying, “It’s a shame for a man not to be able to protect a woman.”
Tomoe struggled from two different position; a soldier and his lover, but in order to protect the wishes and pride of her beloved Yoshinaka, she decides to follow his wishes. Finally, Tomoe wants to have a one-on-one combat with the enemy’s famous military commander. As if to tell his Yoshinaka, “Don’t forget me!”, She boldly announces her name and defeats the enemy military commander. Then she takes off her armor and runs off, turning her back on the battlefield and Yoshinaka.
Tomoe chose to fight as a samurai and to live for Yoshinaka as a woman.
この曲は日本の古い軍記物語“平家物語”のエピソードの一つです。
約900年前、女の侍、巴には幼い頃から愛し合う恋人、義仲がいました。しかし、戦場で侍の二人は引き裂かれます。戦いは非常に不利でした。巴は義仲と共に戦って死ぬつもりでした。しかし義仲の願いは、巴が生きる事でした。この戦いで彼女を守り切れない事を悟った彼は「女を守れないのは男の恥だから」と彼女に逃げる事を頼みました。
巴は武士として、そして一人の女として悩みましたが、愛した義仲の願いとプライドを守る為に彼の望みに従う事にしました。巴は最後に敵の有名な武将との一騎打ちを望みます。まるで義仲に「自分を忘れないで」と伝えるように堂々と名乗り、敵の武将を打ち取ります。そして鎧を脱ぎ捨てて戦場と義仲に背を向けて走り去りました。
巴は侍として戦い、一人の女として義仲の為に生きる事を選びました。
4th. The battle of “Tiger & Dragon” 決戦 川中島
Japanese Poetry
4th. The battle of “Tiger & Dragon”
決戦 川中島
Japanese Poetry
The samurai were called the Dragon and the Tiger, and they continued to fight for 10 years.
その侍達は、龍と虎と呼ばれ、10年の間、戦い続けた。
＜Uesugi Kenshin and his troops crossed the river on horseback late at night, so quietly that not even the crack of a whip could be heard.＞
鞭声粛粛 夜河を過る（Bensei Syuku syuku Yoru Kawa wo Wataru）
＜When dawn broke, Takeda Shingen and his troops were surprised to find a large number of enemies with flying flags in front of their troops.＞
曉に見る千兵の 大牙を擁するを（Akatsuki ni Miru Senpei no Taiga wo Yousuru wo）
＜For more than decade, Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen had a great worth of grudges against each other. They had been polishing their swords and improving themselves to defeat the rival. ＞
遺恨なり十年 一剣を磨き（Ikon nari Jyu nen Ikken wo Migaki）
＜However, as the Kenshin’s sword swung down with great force like a shooting star, his hateful enemy Shingen runs off swiftly like a long snake.＞
流星光底 長蛇を逸す（Ryuusei Koutei Tyouda wo Issu）
This is one of the most famous Kenbu pieces.
The story expresses the battle between medieval samurai Uesugi Kenshin and his rival Takeda Shingen, which lasted more than 10 years.
In just two minutes, the battle scenes and emotional expressions are into the poetry and moving, making it a well-balanced composition for understanding sword dance.
Fans are used to express things like horses, the sun, and flags, and once you understand that the dance is created like a language, the sword dance will feel like a short opera.
多くの剣舞の作品の中でも最も有名な一曲。
中世の侍、上杉謙信とそのライバル武田信玄の10年以上にわたる戦いの様子が描かれている。
たった二分の中に戦いの様子、心情表現が詩文と振り付けに盛り込まれており、剣舞を知る上でもバランスの良い構成。
扇子を使って、馬や太陽、旗などを表現しており、まるで踊りが言語のように作られている事を理解すると、剣舞はまるで短いオペラのように感じられるだろう。
5th. Yuki-Ai 雪逢
Instrumental
5th. Yuki-Ai 雪逢
Instrumental
A lonely girl wants to kill him. He doesn’t know why… It was a snowy day.
孤独だった彼女はその男を殺す。
彼は、その理由を知らない。それはある雪の日。
A daughter continues to search for her murdered father’s enemy, but comes to know that the enemy was dead, but left behind a son.
Even though the son is unaware of the incident, but the daughter decides to kill him using the sword skills she learned from her father.
As the two fights, every time their swords clash, they realize that their sword techniques are the same. Gradually both are reaching out to each other without words while fight goes on.
When she lightly wounds him and sees his blood on her sword, her heart finally softens.
Will her grudge disappear if she kills him, a man about whom she knows nothing about? Wouldn’t she be able to live together with him?
It is snowing and she is feeling cold, so he holds out an umbrella for her.
その娘は殺された父親の仇を探し続けたが、犯人は息子を残して死んでいた事を知る。
事件を知らない息子だが、娘は父から学んだ剣術で彼を斬る事を決意する。
戦う二人は、剣を打ち合わせる度に互いの技が同じである事を知り、心を通わせていく。
彼に小さな傷を負わせて刀に付いた血を見た時、彼女の心が動いた。
何も知らない彼を殺して、恨みは消えるのだろうか。彼と生きる事はできないだろうか。
雪が降り冷えて行く彼女に、彼は傘を差しだすのだった。