Contemporary Rakugo [stage set]

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Location: Tokyo, Japan
Team: Megumi Matsubara
Completion year: 2011
Commissioner: Tota Hasegawa
Purpose: Stage design for Rakugo performance
Collaborators: Shinosuke Tachikawa (Rakugo storyteller)
Photographers: Megumi Matsubara, Grandbase, ASSISTANT

Tota Hasegawa conceived the idea and commissioned Rakugo storyteller Shinosuke Tachikawa to create a Rakugo performance under the title of ‘Ready-made,’ as a contemporary interpretation of Japanese traditional storytelling. As requested of its scenography, the traditional lanterns accompanying the theatre set were replaced by a pair of ‘ready-made’ lanterns made of white balloons, found chairs and table legs just stuck on each other, in a composition imitating a lantern which will not be kept in position in case of the earthquake.

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Contemporary Rakugo [stage set]

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