We welcome you back to our seasonal performances of classical Japanese Kyogen plays in English at NOHSpace! For this Fall, we are excited to present Kazumo (Wrestling with a Mosquito) and Fukuro Yamabushi (The Owl Mountain Priest), performed by our wonderful ensemble members!        

Directed by Lluís Valls

Featuring Anqi Cao, Nick Ishimaru, Anthony Johnson, Meryn MacDougall, Fenner Merlick, Kate Patrick, Lluís Valls, and Tiger Zhou

Friday, October 11, 7pm

Saturday, October 12, 5pm

Sunday, October 13, 2pm

Tickets: General Admission: $28 (Regular) | $18 (Community Discount - if the price is a barrier)

Kazumo (Wrestling with a Mosquito)

A daimyo (feudal lord) decides to hire a new retainer and sends his only servant, Taro Kaja, to find one. Taro Kaja encounters a man from Omi (present-day Shiga Prefecture), an area known for producing high-quality hemp for mosquito nets. He brings the man back, claiming he is skilled in sumo wrestling. The daimyo, eager to test the man's abilities, soon discovers the man's true identity.

Fukuro Yamabushi (The Owl Mountain Priest)

An Older Brother visits a holy Yamabushi, an ascetic monk who lives in the mountains to request incantations for his Younger Brother who has been acting strangely. The Yamabushi agrees and discovers the Younger Brother is possessed by an evil spirit, but he boasts that he can easily break the spell with his own occult powers. Things don’t quite pan out the way the Yamabushi intends.