TERA

Exploring themes of temples and Buddhism, this theatre work was created by three artists born in the 1980s: director Yukari Sakata, actor Miho Inatsugu, and drummer and percussionist Kyojun Tanaka. The script was based on the verse drama “Daffodils and Wooden Fish” by Juro Miyoshi and also interwove fragments from literary works by Minoru Yoshioka and Taeko Tomioka as well as the local history of a temple, interviews with
the chief priest, Buddhist sermons, and one of the Pure Land sutras.

Venue and Dates

Performance Venue: Nishisugamo Saihō-ji
Performance Dates: November 14 to 17, 2018

Credits

Directed by Yukari Sakata
Performer: Miho Inatsugu
Music: Kyojun Tanaka
Dramaturge: Maho Watanabe

Costumes: Kyoko Fujitani (FAIFAI)
Costumes Cooperation: Phablic×Kazui
Production Coordinator: Aki Miyatake
Photography: Keita Kitagawa
Video Documentation: ON-EI (Mika Sasaki, Yuya Shito, Misaki Kuroi)
English Translation: John Townsend
Subtitling: Sakura Sawashima

Planned and presented by UPN, Ltd.
Special cooperation from Rinzai-shū Kōshō-ji
In cooperation with Kyoto Art Center Artists-in-Studios Program
Concept: TERASIA

Inspired by:
“Daffodils and Wooden Fish: A Verse Drama” (1957) by Jūrō Miyoshi
“Kangaroo Notebook” (1991) by Kōbō Abe
“[Morning Sermons] Ep.6 Crossing the Ocean – Aboard Hamakaze” (2020) from “The Power of Zazen: Oshō’s Chillaxing Practice TV” on Rinzai-shū Kōshō-ji Official YouTube Channel

Quotations from:
“monks” by Minoru Yoshioka (1958) – Translation by Hiroaki Sato in “Lilac Garden: Poems of Minoru Yoshioka” (Chicago Review Press, 1976)
“Gyaku-on-jin-shū” in The Kōshō-ji Sutra Book
“The Story’s Next Day” (1961) by Taeko Tomioka

Reference:
“What You Don’t Know About Eisai and the Rinzai School” (2014) Editorial Supervision by Tetsuo Yamaori

TERA Three Cities Tour in Tunisia

In December 2019, Terra was invited to Journées Théâtrales de Carthage (“Carthage theatre days”), where it toured to Tunis, Monastir, and Zaghouan.

Venues and Dates

Tunis
Performance Venue: ISAD Institut Supérieur d’Arts Dramatiques
Performance Date: December 10, 2019
Monastir
Performance Venue: Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scéniques de Monastir
Performance Date: December 12, 2019
Zaghouan
Performance Venue: Centre des Arts Dramatiques et Scéniques de Zaghouen
Performance Date: December 14, 2019

Tour Crew

Directed by Yukari Sakata
Performer: Yukiko Iwasawa
Music: Kyojun Tanaka
Dramaturge: Maho Watanabe
Costumes: Kyoko Fujitani (FAIFAI)
Translator： Haitham El Shimi