KABUKI, BUT ALSO NOH

Ancient woodcuts of Japanese theater edited by Carlo and Giulia Beccaria.

Artistic direction by Roberto Borra and Alessandro Merlo.

Set-up by Tatiana Eremina and Alberto Bongini

The exhibition "Kabuki, but also Noh" in its traveling path, after the great success achieved at the Antitesi Art Gallery in Turin and at the Ugo Guidi 2 Museum (MUG 2) in the sixteenth-century Episcopal Palace in the historic center of Massa, in Tuscany, arrives at the Mondovì House Museum. The important event was born thanks to the collaboration between the Cultural Association Fly Art, the Ai Tre Torchi Gallery in Turin (from which the works come) and the "Mondovì Culturale" Association chaired by Enrico Chebello.

The exhibition, which consists of a collection of over fifty original woodcuts ranging from the second half of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, is enriched by thematic books, masks of ancient Japanese theater, and some videos that tangibly exemplify the differences between the Noh theatrical tradition, characterized by minimalist scenography and essential and evocative acting, and the Kabuki, a more modern theater, characterized by greater dynamism and expressive freedom.

It should be emphasized how even today these two theatrical forms represent for Japan and beyond, a historical treasure of great value to the point of having rightfully entered in 2008 in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.