Kagura - Japanese traditional performing arts Hiroshima "Takiyasha-hime/Takiyasha Princess" 2023

This is the first digest version of the "Hiroshima Kagura Activity Resumption Project 2022 Hiroshima Kagura: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Special Performance" held at the Hiroshima Prefectural Citizens Cultural Center.
This year's performers are the Otsuka Kagura Troupe from Kita Hiroshima Town, and the program is "Takiyasha-hime" (Takiyasha Princess).
“Takiyasha-hime" (Takiyasha Princess)
The self-proclaimed New Emperor of the Eastern Provinces, Taira-no-Masakado, is defeated in the Battle of Tengyō by the imperial warriors Fujiwara-no-Hidesato and Taira-no-Sadamori.
Masakado's only remaining daughter, Satsuki-hime, goes to pray at the Kifune Shrine in Kyoto, asking the gods to imbue her with powerful magic so that she may avenge the death of her father. Hearing her pleas and taking sympathy, the gods grant her wish and turn her into a fearsome demon sorceress.
Satsuki-hime takes the name Takiyasha-hime and returns to her father's hometown of Souma to rally supporters still loyal to her father to take on the imperial army that murdered him.
When news of Takiyasha’s plans reach the capital, the imperial court orders Mitsukuni, a powerful sorcerer in his own right, to eliminate her. Mitsukuni meets Takiyasha on the field of battle where she is defeated, leaving her quest to seek vengeance unfinished.
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Saw kita-Hiroshima Troupe today playing Momijii-gari and Yamata-no-Orochi in Los Angeles. The crowd (myself included) was VERY IMPRESSED!!!! I wish more Japanese opera will be introduced and performed in US.

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Thank you for your comments. Thank you also for seeing our performance in Los Angeles! I am very glad to hear that you were so moved. I am very glad to hear that you were so moved by the performance. I hope that more performances will be held in the U.S. as well, and that more people will become fans.