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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), directed by Lluís Valls and performed by Yugen's 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 

Kazumo (Wrestling with a Mosquito) 

A daimyo (feudal lord) decides to hire a new retainer and sends his only servant, Tarō Kaja, to find one. Tarō Kaja encounters a man from Ōmi (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.

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