RAKUGO: COMICAL TALES FROM JAPAN

Japanese Storyteller Motoko & Musician Masayo Ishigure on Koto and Shamisen
Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m., Bowker Auditorium

 
Two acclaimed Japanese women performers join forces to offer an evening filled with humor, charm and elegance. Award-winning storyteller Motoko shares hilarious and poignant tales from Rakugo, a storytelling tradition that originated in the 17th century. With accompaniment by shamisen virtuoso Masayo Ishigure, a featured recording artist with Yitzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma on the Grammy Award-winning movie soundtrack for “Memoirs of a Geisha,” you’ll be transported to the enchanting world of popular entertainment in Old Japan.

Audience members are invited to a pre-concert talk on the Japanese storytelling tradition at 6:30 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium.
 

 

Rakugo

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Website: http://motoko.folktales.net/MotokoRakugo.html
http://masayoishigure.com/
http://motoko.folktales.net/

 

 

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