A video of “The Japanese Ideology Chapter 7”, which was performed in 2024 at Uraga Dock in Yokosuka, will be released on January 28 via the link below.
 
https://youtu.be/qaQkHSI2qU0
 
The Japanese Ideology Chapter 7

The seventh chapter of The Japanese Ideology continues OLTA’s performative analysis of how ideology manifests in everyday life, this time set in the naval port city of Yokosuka.
The performance is presented at the historic Uraga Dock, a vast brick structure built in the modern era for shipbuilding and repair. Audience members are invited to move freely through the space, experiencing the work from shifting perspectives.
This chapter explores how the souls and spirits of individuals who perished in war transform into ideology. Beginning with a scene set in the nearby Kamome Danchi housing complex, the narrative unfolds toward the Tokyo Trials and the Junkoku Shichishibyō, a mausoleum dedicated to the seven Class-A war criminals enshrined there.
 
Video: https://youtu.be/qaQkHSI2qU0
 
Venue: Uraga Dock (4-7-1 Uraga, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture)
Date: 2024 December 14 (Saturday) and 15(Sunday)
Performance: 15:30– (70 min.)
Fee: 3,000yen
Language: Japanese performance with English synopsis provided.
 
Staff, Cast and Credits
Script:MEGUNINJA
Direction:Jang-Chi
Cast:INOUE Toru, UCHIDA Yuka, KIKUCHI Yuki, SAITO Takafumi, TAKAYAMA Reiko, NAKAGAWA Yuka, MEGUNINJA, HASEGAWA Yoshihiro, Ivan Timbrell
Scenography:OLTA
Stage Design:HASEGAWA Yoshihiro
Music, Costumes:INOUE Toru
Props:SAITO Takafumi
Sound:ISHIUCHI Kazuki, YAMAGUCHI Takahiro
English Translation:OTA Kei
 
Art Festival|SENSE ISLAND／LAND 2024
Organizers|Yokosuka City, Sense Island Executive Committee (Yokosuka Visitor Promotion and Attraction Committee, Abstract Engine Co., Ltd., TRYANGLE Inc.)
Special Sponsor|Panasonic Entertainment & Communication Co., Ltd.
Special Support|Peatix Japan K.K.
Support|USHIO LIGHTING, INC., Kannonzaki Park Center, Yokosuka seaside Partners Supported by|The Saison Foundation
YPAM Fringe
 
Article
The Japan News

From the Uraga Dock, 180.3 meters in length, the whistle sounds.
 
One year after the full six chapters of “Japanese Ideology” were performed, we will be holding an outdoor performance in Uraga, Yokosuka City.
 
The Uraga Dock was completed in 1899 by the Uraga Shipbuilding Company. Seventy years later, in 1969, the “Kamome Danchi” (Seagull Housing Complex), a massive residential complex overlooking Tokyo Bay, was built. Kamome Danchi began to accommodate residents in 1970, the year of Expo ’70.
 
The Uraga area is divided into east and west by a bay. The east and west sides are separated by the bay, with ferry boats serving as the means of crossing. Kamome Danchi is located on the eastern side, with kites soaring overhead. The path leading to the ferry dock on the eastern side is lined with high walls and barbed wire, preventing any view of the bay. On the western side, Atago-yama Park, the oldest park in the city, opened in 1891, offers a sweeping view of the bay.
 
In Chapter 7, the sound of the whistle echoes from the Uraga Dock.
 
Venue
Uraga Dock (Outdoor venue)
4-7-1 Uraga, Yokosuka 239-0822
 
Date and Time
12.14 Sat 15:30
12.15 Sun 15:30
 
Running Time
50-70min
 
Language
Performed in Japanese
 
Translation/Subtitles
English synopsis provided
 
Tickets
https://forms.gle/MLtdBGZPHucNibeN9
 
Staff, Cast and Credits
Text: Meguninja
Direction: Jang-Chi
Performers: Toru Inoue, Yuka Uchida, Yuki Kikuchi, Takafumi Saito, Reiko Takayama, Yuka Nakagawa, Meguninja, Yoshiro Hasegawa, Ivan Timbrell
Scenography: OLTA
Stage Design: Yoshiro Hasegawa
Sound: Takahiro Yamaguchi
English translation: Kei Ota
Organizers: City of Yokosuka, Sense Island Executive Committee (Yokosuka Visitor Promotion and Attraction Committee, Abstract Engine Co., Ltd., TRYANGLE Inc.)
Special Sponsor: Panasonic Entertainment & Communication Co., Ltd.
Special Support: Peatix Japan K.K.
Support: Ushio Inc., Kannonzaki Park Center, Yokosuka seaside Partners
Supported by: The Saison Foundation
 
Official Website
https://senseisland.com
 
Contact Information
https://senseisland.com
senseisland@gmail.com
046-822-8247

https://youtu.be/yBfTcL3TjI4?si=TyuW_7R1uBqD2hgX

Presented by OLTA, a Tokyo-based artist group that has developed humorous and provocative works through negotiating the systems of visual/performing arts and sociological/folklore fieldwork, The Japanese Ideology encompasses six chapters of a performative analysis of the everyday forms that the ideology takes. “There seems to be a kind of arbitrary emotion that dominates life in Japan today. […] It is up to us to take on this boring but very urgent duty of exposing the staging of this desperate and stupid tragicomedy in our present society, not just in Japan.” (Jun Tosaka, The Japanese Ideology, 1935) In The Japanese Ideology by OLTA, will this “boring” performance transform into an “interesting” one? Or will it “drag down those who think they have been freed from the Japanese ideology and pull them back in”? (Yoshimi Takeuchi, The Japanese Ideology, 1952)
 
Chapter１　The Significance of Dream
Chapter２　The Liberation of Gestell
Chapter３　The Right of Death
Chapter４　The Acquisition of Calm
Chapter５　The Rebellion of Voice
Chapter６　The Truth of Ideology
 
Text: Meguninja
Direction: Jang-Chi
Performers: Toru Inoue, Yuka Uchida, Kaoruko Oyama, Yuki Kikuchi, Takafumi Saito, Reiko Takayama, Yuka Nakagawa, Meguninja
 
Scenography: OLTA
Stage Design: Yoshiro Hasegawa
Music: Takako Minekawa, Toru Inoue
Illustration: Takafumi Saito
Costume: Toru Inoue
Lighting: Takayuki Fujimoto (Kinsei R&D)
Video: Yoshiro Hasegawa, Meguninja, Yuka Nakagawa, Rudo Takebe, Kazuhide Shibata
Projection: Ludo Takebe, Kazuhide Shibata(Kanagawa)
Sound: Semmei Kai, Sosaku Wakatsuki (WHITELIGHT.Ltd)
Promotional Design: Deokjun Yoon
English Subtitles: Kei Ota
Korean Translation: Keunha Cho
Direction Assistant: Ami Yoshida(Kanagawa)
Management: Kumi Hiraoka(Kanagawa), Yuko Takeda(Kyoto)
Commissioned and Produced by Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting
Co-produced by ROHM Theatre Kyoto
Research Support: Tatsuki Hayashi, Nohana Izumikawa, Rika Uechi, Shohei Nakamura, Umihiko Matsuo (Okinawa), Deokjun Yoon, Keunha Cho (Korea), YCAM InterLab
Cooperation: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Sound provider: Jun Tsutsui
 
YPAM2023 Direction
Date: 2023.12.9(Sat)－17(Sun)
Venue: BankART Station
 
ROHM Theater Kyoto (https://rohmtheatrekyoto.jp/en/event/116257/)
Date: 2024.1.13 (Sat)、1.14. (Sun)
Venue: North Hall