Artists
About Artist
Yukichi MatsumotoIshinha
Director
Born in Kumamoto in 1946. Ishinha leader. Majored in fine art at the Osaka Kyoiku University. In 1970 he formed Nihon Ishinha - later known as just Ishinha - where he has been responsible for the narrative concepts and the direction of all the productions since 1974. With the staging of the outdoor piece "Shonen-gai" ("Boys Town") in a container yard in Shiodome he established his original style called the "Jan-Jan Opera", frequently staged outdoors or at unusual sites.
He has staged productions at Muroji Temple in Nara and on the isolated islands of Okayama, such as on Inujima. In 2002 he participated in the Adelaide Festival in Australia; in 2001 he went on a tour in Europe, in 2005 to South America, and in 2009 he was invited to Oceania.
For F/T he has previously directed "Rojikishiki" at the Nishi-Sugamo Arts Factory for F/T09 (Autumn), and "Landscape - Tokyo, Ikebukuro" (F/T11) on the roof of the Seibu Ikebukuro department store.