A Night with Kiyokazu Kanze – the 26th Grand
Master of the Kanze School of Noh

Lecture Demonstration

07 / 11 / 16

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• Kiyokazu Kanze leads today’s world of Noh as the 26th grand master of a line going back to Kannami and Zeami in the Muromachi period (1336-1573). He will talk about noh’s history, unique stylization and practices of prominent Kanze School, and will share various highlights from the plays that will be presented in the Kanze Noh Theater program at Lincoln Center Festival. This event features a special demonstration, and also includes an introduction to Noh masks and costumes. Please don’t miss this rare opportunity.
   
  Kiyokazu Kanze , 26th grand master of the Kanze School
  Kiyokazu Kanze was born in Tokyo in 1959. His father was Sakon (Motomasa) Kanze, the 25th grand master of the Kanze School, whom Kiyokazu succeeded in 1990. He leads today’s world of Noh as the 26th grand master of a line going back to Kannami and Zeami in the Muromachi period (1336-1573). He has performed across Japan and in many other countries, including France, India, Thailand, China, the United States, Germany, Poland and Lithuania, in revived plays such as Hakozaki and Akoyanomatsu and new plays such as Rikyu and The Conversion of St. Paul. He has received both the new face and top awards of Japan’s minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, as well as the Chevalier award from the French government. In Noh, he is the holder of an important intangible cultural property of Japan. He is chairman of the Kanze Bunko Foundation and the Kanze-Kai Association, a councelor of the Japan Arts Council, managing director at the Nihon Nohgaku Association, and managing member of the Japan-China Cultural Exchange Association. His books include Ichigo Shoshin.
   
  Date: Monday, July 11th, 2016
  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm （Door Open 6:00pm）
  At: The Nippon Club 2F Rose Room
  145 W 57th St., New York, NY 10019
  Fee：$30 (The Nippon Club Member)　/　$40 (General Admission)　（including drink）
  Registration or inquiry：　The Nippon Club（Attn：Kobayashi Tel: 212-581-2223、info@nipponclub.org）
   
  ※Recording, Photographing Prohibited.