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5/5 Yokohama Yokohama Noh-no-Kai Noh: "FUJI-DAIKO" Shite: KUMAGAI Machiko Koken: UDAKA Michishige Yokohama Nohgakudo

5/9 Matsuyama Matsuyama Ni-no-maru Noh Noh: "FUNA-BENKEI Namima-no-den" Shite: UDAKA Michishige Matsuyama Castle Ninomaru Teien Garden

5/15 Tokyo Tokyo Dai-Takigi-Noh Noh: "IZUTSU" Shite: KONGO Hisanori Chorus leader: UDAKA Michishige Tokyo Metropolitan Building, Public Square

5/18 Tokyo Tokyo Kongo-Kai Noh: "UNRIN-IN" Shite: MATSUNO Yasunari Chorus leader: UDAKA Michishige Noh: "AOI-NO-UE" MIKOSHI Fumio Koken: UDAKA Michishige National Noh Theatre

5/25 Kyoto Kongo Teiki Noh Performance Noh: "FUJI" Shite: UDAKA Michishige Chorus leader: UDAKA Michishige Noh: “YOUCHI SOGA” Shite: KONGO Tatsunori Kongo Nohgakudo

Meet the Master

Udaka-sensei UDAKA Michishige is both a professional Noh actor and a Noh mask carver. He was designated a representative of a National Intangible Cultural Asset by the Japanese government in 1991. He not only teaches and performs extensively in Japan, but has performed Noh and exhibited Noh masks internationally... (click here for more)

Udaka Kai and INI in the Media

	July 9, 2010 Chugoku Shimbun News The original Noh "GENSHIGUMO" performed in Hiroshima before an audience of over 350
	June 4, 2010 Chuugoku Shimbun News A Requiem through Noh for the Diginity and Harmony of all souls "A Prayer for Peace: GENSHIGUMO" to be performed in Hiroshima
	April 5, 2010 Ehime Shimbun News Article about the Noh performance at Shinonome-jinja in Matsuyama. The revival of an event suspended 15 years ago, it was marked by UDAKA Michishige's performance of TAKASAGO.
	*Summer 2009 Noh Guide* "Dojoji"** In this book about Noh theater, the pictures in descriptions of the play "Dojoji" are from UDAKA Michishige's production in April 2007. (Japanese only)
	June 1, 2009 Isono Shrine Newsletter Pictures of the two masks Michishige Udaka donated to the shrine in November 2008. The masks are Shintai (used on the European tour) and Chujo. (Japanese only)
	May 9, 2009 Mastuyama Newspaper Article about torch-lit Noh performance of "Tsuchigumo" at Matsuyama Ninomaru Castle on May 8, 2009. (Japanese only)
	November 26, 2008 Sankei Newspaper Online article on Michishige Udaka's donation of two masks to the Isonomiya shrine in November 2008. The masks are Shintai (used on the European tour) and Chujo. (Japanese only)
	November 14, 2007 Der Tagesspiegel "Gehörnte Geister" Berlin newspaper article reporting on UDAKA Michishige's performances of "Aoi-no-Ue" in Berlin at the RBB. (German only)
	November 13, 2007 Märkische Allgemeine "Gespieltes Welterbe" Article advertising the Udaka Kai performances of the Noh "Inori" and Kyogen play "Fukuro Yamabushi" in Berlin on November 13, 2007. (German only)
	*November 13, 2007 B.Z. Berlin* "No-Theater aus Japan zeigt Stück über Hiroshima Bombe"** Berlin newspaper article advertising UDAKA Michishige's performances including "Inori" in Berlin at the RBB. (German only)
	*November 12, 2007 Berliner Morgenpost* "Die Kraft der Masken"** Berlin newspaper article advertising UDAKA Michishige's performances including "Inori" in Berlin at the RBB. Note: The names of the masks pictured were mistakenly switched. Also available on the Morgenpost website. (German only)
	*March 1987 Kansai Time Out, "Resonance and Renaissance: The International Noh Foundation"* Writen before the name change to INI, Dan Furst describes the early years of INI and some of its members at the time.