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)
Sound: Katsunori Fukuoka, Yuya Horigome (Flysound)
Stage Manager: Megumi Sato
Assistant Stage Manager: Yuki Ishibashi
English Translation: John Townsend
Photography: Kazuyuki Matsumoto
Video Documentation: Takashi Fujikawa, Hibiki Miyazawa (Alloposidae)
Publicity Photography: Hajime Kato
Main Publicity Visuals Design: 11piki
Publicity Design: Tadashi Ueda
Production Coordinators: Toshifumi Matsumiya, Mayuko Arakawa (Festival/Tokyo)
Interns: Akiko Domae, Kino Tokura, Riina Murakami

Based on the verse drama “Daffodils and Wooden Fish” by Juro Miyoshi and more
Planned and presented by Festival/Tokyo
In cooperation with Takuya Endo (Future Buddhism Laboratory)
Special cooperation from Saiho-ji, Nishisugamo

Quotations from:
“monks” by Minoru Yoshioka (1958) – Translation by Hiroaki Sato in “Lilac Garden: Poems of Minoru Yoshioka” (Chicago Review Press, 1976)
‘Not you, but that other guy’ by Taeko Tomioka in “See You Soon: Poems of Taeko Tomioka” translated by Hiroaki Sato (Chicago Review Press, 1979)
‘The Larger Sutra on Amitāyus’ in “The Three Pure Land Sutras” translated by Hisao Inagaki in collaboration with Harold Stewart (Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research, 2003)

Tera Three Cities Tour in Tunisia

In December 2019, Tera was invited to Journées Théâtrales de Carthage (“Carthage theatre days”), performing in 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 Elshimey