List of Living National Treasures of Japan (performing arts) explained

The List of Living National Treasures of Japan (performing arts) contains all the individuals and groups certified as Living National Treasures by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the government of Japan in the category of the .

The performing arts are divided into eight categories: Gagaku, Noh, Bunraku, Kabuki, Kumi Odori, Music, Dance, and Drama. The categories are subdivided into a number of subcategories, usually by role or instrument.

Those working in the performing arts are eligible for recognition either individually (Individual Certification) or as part of a group (General Certification).

List of current designated individuals (performing arts)

Noh

NameBornCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
1940NohShite2008
1948NohShite2014
1936NohShite2016
1942NohShite2016
1957NohKotsuzumi2017
1941NohŌtsuzumi2002
1940NohŌtsuzumi2018
1936NohTaiko2014
, alias 1930NohKyōgen1997
, alias 1931NohKyōgen2007
1937NohKyōgen2012
1947NohKyōgen2023

Bunraku

NameBornCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
1944BunrakuTayū2019
1945BunrakuShamisen2007
1933BunrakuPuppeteer1994
1947BunrakuPuppeteer2007
1953BunrakuPuppeteer2023

Kabuki

NameBornCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
1944KabukiTachiyaku2015
1942KabukiTachiyaku2003
1938KabukiWakiyaku2016
1960KabukiTakemoto2019
1936KabukiNagauta2002
1950KabukiOnnagata2012
1946KabukiTachiyaku2022
1950KabukiTachiyaku2023[1] [2]

Kumi Odori

NameBornCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
1938Kumi OdoriTachikata2006
1933Kumi OdoriUta Sanshin2005
1940Kumi OdoriUta Sanshin2011
1952Kumi OdoriTaiko2017

Music

NameBornCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
1951MusicBiwa2016
1932MusicKoto2001
1926MusicKoto2008
1923MusicNagauta (Vocals)1997
1934MusicNagauta (Vocals)1998
1935MusicNagauta (Shamisen)2013
1945MusicNagauta (Shamisen)2019
1941MusicNagauta (Narimono)2019
1935MusicGidayūbushi (Vocals)1999
1933MusicIcchūbushi (Vocals)1999
1935MusicIcchūbushi (Shamisen)2001
1946MusicKatōbushi (Shamisen)2009
1944MusicMiyazonobushi (Vocals)2007
1938MusicShinnaibushi (Vocals)2001
1940MusicShinnaibushi (Shamisen)2001
1927MusicTokiwazubushi (Shamisen)1992
1935MusicKiyomotobushi (Vocals)2003
1932MusicKiyomotobushi (Shamisen)2013
1932MusicRyūkyū's classical music2000
1946MusicRyūkyū's classical music2019
1950MusicJiuta2009

Dance

NameBornCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
1928DanceKabuki-mai1999
1956DanceKyō-mai2015

Drama

List of past designated individuals (performing arts)

Noh

NameBornDiedCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
18741971NohShite1955
18901988NohShite1966
18971983NohShite1970
18971991NohShite1970
18991978NohShite1977
19021984NohShite1978
19152003NohShite1990
19312000NohShite1995
19222006NohShite1996
, alias 19302015NohShite2001
19222016NohShite2003
19161991NohWaki1961
18991980NohWaki1966
19081985NohWaki1981
, alias 19342016NohWaki1994
19152008NohFue1971
19402018[3] NohFue2009
18921977NohKotsuzumi1955
18961977NohKotsuzumi1974
19081997NohKotsuzumi1982
19252015NohKotsuzumi1998
19362012NohKotsuzumi2003
18741961NohŌtsuzumi1955
18961969NohŌtsuzumi1968
19071983NohŌtsuzumi1970
18991997NohŌtsuzumi1984
19382017[4] NohŌtsuzumi1998
18931989NohTaiko1968
19242014NohTaiko1993
18831965NohKyōgen1964
18981978NohKyōgen1968
18961986NohKyōgen1976
19011990NohKyōgen1979
, alias 19192013NohKyōgen1989

Bunraku

NameBornDiedCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
18861959BunrakuTayū1955
18781967BunrakuTayū1955
19041969BunrakuTayū1955
18881967BunrakuTayū1962
19132002BunrakuTayū1971
19161987BunrakuTayū1973
19242018[5] BunrakuTayū1989
19322015BunrakuTayū2007
19322020[6] BunrakuTayū2015
18891960BunrakuShamisen1955
18871974BunrakuShamisen1962
18911976BunrakuShamisen1962
19021975BunrakuShamisen1972
19101976BunrakuShamisen1972
19142001BunrakuShamisen1985
19171988BunrakuShamisen1988
19282018[7] BunrakuShamisen1997
19001970BunrakuPuppeteer1965
19192006BunrakuPuppeteer1977
19201986BunrakuPuppeteer1982
19282016[8] BunrakuPuppeteer1994

Kabuki

NameBornDiedCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
18981969KabukiTachiyaku1964
18861971KabukiTachiyaku1960
19061975KabukiTachiyaku1973
19101982KabukiTachiyaku1975
19021983KabukiTachiyaku1967
19091988KabukiTachiyaku1975
19131989KabukiTachiyaku1972
19031994KabukiTachiyaku1972
19162001KabukiTachiyaku1990
19292011KabukiTachiyaku1994
19151995KabukiOnnagata1968
19172001KabukiOnnagata1968
19202012KabukiOnnagata1991
18871978KabukiFukeonnayaku1968
18761963KabukiWakiyaku1960
19142009KabukiWakiyaku1997
18981980KabukiTakemoto1978
18941982KabukiNagauta1978
19011993KabukiNagauta1981
19202007KabukiNagauta1998
19071997KabukiHayashi1978
19342007KabukiHayashi1998
19282011[9] KabukiOnnagata1996
19312020KabukiTachiyaku1994
19412021KabukiWakiyaku2019
19442021KabukiTachiyaku2011
, known as after 201219372022KabukiNagauta2007
19322022KabukiWakiyaku2002

Music

NameBornDiedCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
19062006MusicBiwa1995
18951976MusicShakuhachi1967
19012001MusicShakuhachi1977
19331999MusicShakuhachi1992
19352018[10] MusicShakuhachi1999
19372014[11] MusicShakuhachi2002
18871965MusicKoto1956
19041984MusicKoto1966
19051991MusicKoto1983
18941995MusicKoto1966
19031996MusicKoto1970
19132005MusicKoto1996
19122000MusicKoto1990
18801958MusicJiuta1955
19132008MusicJiuta1969
18992001MusicJiuta1979
19302006MusicJiuta2002
18761972MusicNagauta (Vocals)1956
19011973MusicNagauta (Vocals)1956
19001981MusicNagauta (Vocals)1974
19071995MusicNagauta (Vocals)1974
19111997MusicNagauta (Vocals)1987
18991970MusicNagauta (Shamisen)1955
18941979MusicNagauta (Shamisen)1964
19151984MusicNagauta (Shamisen)1984
19062003MusicNagauta (Shamisen)1987
19182013MusicNagauta (Shamisen)1989
19222010MusicNagauta (Narimono)1993
19352020[12] MusicNagauta (Narimono)1999
18971992MusicGidayūbushi (Vocals)1982
19132016[13] MusicGidayūbushi (Shamisen)1998
18791970MusicIcchūbushi (Vocals)1956
19261997MusicIcchūbushi (Vocals)1996
19061991MusicIcchūbushi (Shamisen)1984
19202018[14] MusicKatōbushi (Vocals)1994
18911977MusicMiyazonobushi (Vocals)1960
18991985MusicMiyazonobushi (Shamisen)1972
19192002MusicMiyazonobushi (Shamisen)1998
19302014[15] MusicTokiwazubushi (Vocals)1995
18881960MusicTokiwazubushi (Shamisen)1955
18971976MusicTokiwazubushi (Shamisen)1966
18981999MusicKiyomotobushi (Vocals)1956
19041963MusicKiyomotobushi (Shamisen)1955
18891966MusicKiyomotobushi (Shamisen)1956
19272002MusicKiyomotobushi (Shamisen)1996
19362016[16] MusicKiyomotobushi (Shamisen)2003
19222018[17] MusicRyūkyū's classical music2000

Dance

NameBornDiedCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
18821961DanceKabuki-mai1955
18931970DanceKabuki-mai1960
19001990DanceKabuki-mai1960
19071998DanceKabuki-mai1985
19182007DanceKabuki-mai2002
19242018[18] DanceKabuki-mai2004
18961981DanceKamigata-mai1978
19231998DanceKamigata-mai1986
19052004DanceKyo-mai1955

Drama

NameBornDiedCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
19152002DramaClassical Rakugo1995
19252015[19] DramaClassical Rakugo1996
19392021[20] DramaClassical Rakugo2014
19392020[21] DramaKōdan2002
18711961DramaShinpa Onnagata1955
18941965DramaShinpa Onnagata1960

List of designated groups (performing arts)

Group NameCategorySubcategoryYear Designated
Gagaku1955
Noh1957
Bunraku1955
Kabuki1965
DanceKumi Odori1972
DanceRyūkyū-buyō2009
MusicGidayūbushi1980
MusicTokiwazubushi1981
MusicIcchūbushi1993
MusicKatōbushi1993
MusicMiyazonobushi1993
MusicOgiebushi1993

See also

References

  1. Web site: 中村歌六、五街道雲助ら人間国宝に１２人. Yahoo!ニュース. 2023-07-22. 2023-07-22. ja.
  2. Web site: 12 People Recommended as Living National Treasures in Japan. Nippon.com. 2023-07-21. 2023-07-22.
  3. Web site: 一噌仙幸さん死去 . Hisayuki Issō has died . . 26 April 2018 . 19 April 2022 . ja.
  4. Web site: 人間国宝の安福建雄さん死去　能楽師大鼓方 . Living National Treasure Tatsuo Yasufuku has died, Ōtsuzumi-kata Noh performer . . 19 July 2017 . 19 April 2022 . ja.
  5. Web site: 竹本住太夫さん死去＝文楽太夫の人間国宝、９３歳 . Living National Treasure Sumitayū Takemoto, "Bunraku Tayū", has died at age 93 . Nippon.com . 28 April 2018 . 5 March 2020 . ja.
  6. Web site: 人間国宝の豊竹嶋太夫さん死去　人形浄瑠璃文楽の太夫 . Living National Treasure Shimatayū Toyotake has died, Tayū Ningyo Joruri performer . . 24 August 2020 . 8 May 2022 . ja.
  7. Web site: 鶴澤寛治さん死去＝文楽三味線の人間国宝、８９歳 . Bunraku Shamisen Living National Treasure Tsuruzawa Kanji has died at age 89 . Nippon.com . 5 September 2018 . 5 March 2020 . ja.
  8. Web site: 文楽人形遣いの吉田文雀さんが死去　人間国宝 . Living National Treasure and Bunraku puppeteer Yoshida Bunjaku has died . . 21 August 2016 . 5 March 2020 . ja.
  9. "Famed Kabuki female impersonator Shikan dies at 83 ." Asahi Shimbun. 11 October 2011.
  10. Web site: 青木鈴翁氏が死去　尺八奏者 . Aoki Reiou has died, Shakuhachi player . . 31 August 2018 . 4 July 2022 . ja.
  11. Web site: 人間国宝の尺八奏者・山本邦山さんが死去　映画音楽なども担当 . Hōzan Yamamoto, Shakuhachi master and Living National Treasure, has died . . 10 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223232453/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20140210/sot14021013400003-n1.html . 23 February 2014 . dead . 10 March 2020 . ja.
  12. Web site: 堅田喜三久氏が死去　長唄鳴物の人間国宝 . Katada Kisaku has died, a Living National Treasure of Nagauta . . 19 December 2020 . 4 July 2022 . ja.
  13. Web site: 人間国宝 故鶴澤友路師匠（2016年ご逝去） . Living National Treasure: The Late Tsuruzawa Tomoji (died 2016) . . 4 March 2020 . ja.
  14. Web site: 訃報　山彦節子さん . Obituary for Yamabiko Setsuko . . 19 November 2018 . 5 March 2020 . ja.
  15. Web site: 常磐津一巴太夫氏が死去　浄瑠璃の人間国宝 . Tokiwazu Ichihadayū has died, a Living National Treasure of Jōruri . . 17 August 2014 . 4 July 2022 . ja.
  16. Web site: 清元栄三氏が死去　清元節三味線の人間国宝 . Eizō Kiyomoto has died, a Living National Treasure of the Kiyomoto-bushi Shamisen . . 10 January 2017 . 4 July 2022 . ja.
  17. Web site: 人間国宝の島袋正雄さんが死去　琉球古典音楽野村流 . Living National Treasure Shimabukuro Masao, performer of Nomura Style Ryūkyū classical music, has died . . 24 April 2018 . 5 March 2020 . ja.
  18. Web site: 第２回　受賞者インタビュー 花柳幸舞音さん . Interview with 2nd New Prize for Japanese Dance Winner Sachimaine Hanayagi . . 5 April 2019 . 9 March 2020 . ja.
  19. Web site: 日本落语泰斗桂米朝去世 生于中国痴迷曲艺(图) . Beichō Katsura, Japanese rakugo and quyi master born in China, has died . . 30 March 2015 . 4 March 2020 . zh.
  20. Web site: 柳家小三治さんが死去　81歳、人間国宝の落語家 . Kosanji Yanagiya has died at age 81, a Living National Treasure rakugo storyteller . . 10 October 2021 . 15 June 2022 . ja.
  21. Web site: 一龍斎貞水さん死去　講談師、人間国宝 . Ichiryūsai Teisui has died, Kōdanshi, Living National Treasure . . 10 December 2020 . 15 June 2022 . ja.

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