仮面芸能の系譜（奈良県立美術館） Genealogy of Japanese Masked Entertainment (Nara Prefectural Museum of Art)

縄文時代の土面に始まり、伎楽、雅楽、猿楽、能楽など、日本の仮面芸能の流れを辿る展覧会。

この美術館開館50周年ということもあってか、奈良地方にフォーカスが当たっていた。

仮面芸能は世界中にあるが、日本の仮面芸能は、時代の流れによって様々に変化してきた。

天平時代に、東大寺になどで演じられた伎楽は、当時は大陸からもたらされた最先端のエンターテイメント考えられていたのだろう。

能楽はたまに見に行ったりするので、翁の誕生に関するコーナーは、とりわけ興味深かった。

世阿弥は『風姿花伝』の中で、その起源は天竺にあると書いたが、奈良の伝統的な猿楽からの影響もあるようだ。

秀吉の熱い庇護を受けて、江戸時代もその力を維持し続けた金春家が、江戸末期には没落して一ったエピソードも興味深かったの。

This exhibition traces the flow of Japan's masked performing arts, which began with Domen during the Jomon period, and includes Gigaku, Gagaku, Sarugaku, and Nohgaku.

Perhaps because it was the museum's 50th anniversary, the focus was on the Nara region.

Masked performing arts exist all over the world, but Japanese masked performing arts have undergone various changes over time.

Gigaku, which was performed at Todaiji Temple during the Tenpyo period, was probably considered cutting-edge entertainment brought from the continent.

I occasionally go to see Noh plays, so the section about the birth of the old man was particularly interesting.

Zeami wrote in "Fushikaden" that its origins lie in Tenjiku, but it also seems to have been influenced by the traditional sarugaku of Nara.

The story of how the Konparu family, which continued to maintain its power during the Edo period under the warm patronage of Hideyoshi, fell into decline at the end of the Edo period was also interesting.