During the Edo era (Kyoho period to Bunsei period), there
was a man named 'Tatsumiya Sobe' in Koishikawa Dentsuin
Mae Omotemachi. He loved festivals and dancing. And finally
he created Kyogen Kagura dance (Noh farce music and dancing).
Ohota Shokusanjin, a writer of the Edo era, described
the look as 'Omatsuri to Kagura no do ni Tatsumiya no
Kareki-musume ya Hanasakaji (If Tatsumiya is at the festival
or Noh farce dance, that is indeed very spectacular.)
Tatsumiya Sobe lived a long life through the benefits
of dancing. He died at the age of 89 on October 28th in
4th year of Bunsei.
The people of Edo were sorry to hear the news of his death.
They had a deep admiration of him and his contribution
and paid tribute to him by dancing at his funeral.
Recently there has been a revival of Kyogen Kagura according
to Tatsumiya Sobe's school of dancing. That is to say
we had the idea of popular dance, which people can master
easily and increase their health and happiness.
Here, we revive the traditional dance of Tatsumi-ryu and
recommend Ui Masako and Ui Reiko as heads of Tatsumi-ryu.
We have given them the traditional names of Tatsumi Jusho
and Tatsumi Juho as heads of Tatsumi-ryu and look foward
to the development of Japanese traditional dance under
their auspices.
January 15th, 1982
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Mover
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HARADA, Seiji
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Promoter
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MIYAZAKI, Tetsuo
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HATA, Teruji
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Adviser
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TAKAHASHI, Hideo
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