コンセプト / CONCEPT
文楽について / About Bunraku
国の重要無形文化財であり、ユネスコ無形文化遺産である人形浄瑠璃文楽は、日本を代表する伝統芸能の一つで、太夫・三味線・人形が一体となった総合芸術です。
その成立ちは江戸時代初期にさかのぼり、古くはあやつり人形、そののち人形浄瑠璃と呼ばれています。竹本義太夫の義太夫節と近松門左衛門の作品により、人形浄瑠璃は大人気を得て全盛期を迎え、竹本座が創設されました。
この、後豊竹座をはじめいくつかの人形浄瑠璃座が盛衰を繰り返し、幕末、淡路の植村文楽軒が大阪ではじめた一座が最も有力で中心的な存在となり、やがて「文楽」が人形浄瑠璃の代名詞となりました。
Bunraku, or Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre, is a nationally important intangible cultural property and a UNESCO World Intangible Heritage. It is one of Japan’s representative traditional performing arts where a tayu narrator, a shamisen (the three-stringed spike lute) player, and puppeteers collaborate to create a unified performance.
Its origins date back to the early Edo period, when it was known as ayatsuri ningyo (puppet show) and later as ningyo joruri (puppetry). Ningyo joruri gained great popularity thanks to the Gidayu performance style established by Takemoto Gidayu and the works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon, leading to the founding of the Takemoto-za theater.
After that, the Toyotake-za theater and other puppet troupes were founded with varying success. At the end of the Edo period, a troupe formed in Osaka by Uemura Bunrakuken from Awaji came to show the most powerful presence. Its dominance was such that Bunraku, part of its founder’s name, became synonymous with the art form.
本年度事業の目的 / Purpose of this year's project
◎伝統芸能初心者や青少年を対象に、人形浄瑠璃文楽を身近に親しめる機会を創出します。
◎文楽を異ジャンルとのコラボレーションや新しい演出などを取り入れることで、仕事帰りの就労など新たなターゲット層にアピールします。
◎大阪・関西万博を契機とする海外からの来訪者等へ広く発信することで、文楽への関 心の拡大や文楽の振興、発展へつなげます。
◎To offer opportunities for novices at traditional performing arts and young people to enjoy Ningyo Johruri Bunraku puppet theatre to help them become familiar with it.
◎To appeal to a new target audience, such as workers on their way home, by collaborating with different genres and incorporating new production techniques.
◎To increase interest in Bunraku for its promotion and development by disseminating information to visitors from overseas, including those coming to Osaka on the occasion of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
