小村雪岱と繁岡ケンイチ(繁岡鑒一) Settai Komura and Kenichi Shigeoka |
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平凡社ライブラリーとして2006年9月11日に 小村雪岱「日本橋檜物町」が出版されました。 その目次教養のある金沢の樹木より繁岡ケンイチ舞台装置「滝の白糸」の舞台についてのコメントがあり、また付録に繁岡ケンイチが大衆文芸に寄稿した小村雪岱への追悼文「追憶」も掲載されています。 On 11 September 2006, “Nihonbashi Himonocho” by Settai Komura was published
from the Heibonsha
Library. In the chapter titled ‘Sophisticated trees in
Kanazawa’, it touched on Kenichi Shigeoka’s stage setting for ‘Taki-no-Shiraito (White threads of
waterfalls)’. The book also included, as
an appendix, a memorial address for Settai Komura titled ‘Reminiscence’ contributed
‘by Kenichi Shigeoka to a periodical ‘Taishubungei’. |
Reminiscence It has been nearly a month since Mr Komura
passed away. Mr Komura’s death has somehow left me in particularly deep grief.
Mr Komura’s stage settings make me swoon
and feel as if I am transcended to a dreamy world. He was unsurpassable with the use of pleasant chromatic gradation, the
beauty of lines created by the three-dimensional structures made of surfaces
and sober, yet luminous colour tones that stands out in his stage design for
Japanese dance in particular. I was most
impressed with the fact that the stage setting, together with the costumes,
created a synergistic effect. And
furthermore, all these factors set off the actors on the stage to best
advantage without fail. Stage
designers often fall into a trap of focusing too much on the technical effects
a stage setting creates and end up creating the stage set that is interfering for
actors. However, Mr Komuro was the
opposite. He designed colours and shapes
with reserve.
Therefore,
his stage sets rarely interfered with the actors, but rather enhanced their
performance. At the same time, stage
sets themselves fulfilled all the requirements.
I learned a lot from Mr Komura, in this respect.
Mr Komura
really loved theatrical shows. Every
time I saw him, he casually mentioned his annoyance with complicated
negotiations about the stage sets, but then moved onto his wishes and
hopes. His soft and gentle speech style
was completely in tune with the feelings his stage design created. However, although his manners were soft, he
had a distinctive sense of ‘self’ which was never marred by anything.
It is a
huge loss not only for the scenographer’s circle, but also for the theatrical
circles. I have heard about a plan for the posthumous exhibition of his work to
honour his life. This would be just the farewell gift for his
soul. Written in an evening in late autumn |