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Yukiko Miyagi and Fusako Shida become the first living national treasures in Ryukyu Buyo Yukiko Miyagi (left, courtesy of Yukiko Miyagi) and Fusako Shida (right, courtesy of the Choyo-ryu school of Ryukyu dance) dancing the classic onna-odori “Shudun” July 16, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 16, the Japanese government’s Council for Cultural Affairs, chaired by Makoto Sato, provided Koichi Hagiuda, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) with its selection for the next national living treasures. Nago-City native and current resident of Tsuji, Naha City, Yukiko Miyagi, 87, of the Shinyo-ryu school of Ryukyu traditional dance (Ryukyu Buyo), and Naha-City native and current resident of Nerima, Tokyo, Fusako Shida, 84, of the Choyo-ryu school of Ryukyu traditional dance, were chosen to be designated holders of nationally designated important intangible cultural properties (also known as national living treasures). It is the first ....
Important Intangible Cultural Property certification holders and Living National Treasures perform together for a brighter future Setsuko Tamagusuku (third from left), holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property certification in traditional Ryukyu dance, dances the Shudun to the song and sanshin performed by living national treasure Yoshiharu Nishie (second from left) and others at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Naha City on April 25. April 26, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
buyo (dance) put on a show titled Ichiyo Raifuku: Pre-celebratory Dance–Bonds of Golden Fortune at the Ryukyu Shimpo Hall in Naha City. The concert comprised twelve numbers; living national treasure Noho Miyagi and seven other holders of the first Important Intangible Cultural Property certification (2009) in ....