Kyogen Passed Down among CitizensSagiryu Kyogen is a precious traditional performing art which was only passed down here in Yamaguchi, with only two performers remaining who possess the techniques. |
Passing Down to Future GenerationsSagiryu flourished in Yamaguchi having several dozens of direct apprentices. But after the direct apprentices died out, it declined rapidly. Those who grieved the decline formed “Preservation Association of Yamaguchi Sagiryu Kyogen” in 1954, to train students. It must have been painstaking to preserve a school without a presiding “Iemoto”, but the work paid off as Sagiryu was registered as the first Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture. For the record, Sagiryu sects – Soke Niemon and Bunke Denemon – the script and direction differ between the sects. Soke Niemon sect of Sagiryu was introduced to the Sado region. Yamaguchi is the only place where Sagiryu that descended from Bunke Denemon is preserved. |
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- Sagiryu Kyogen
- Mine, Yamaguchi