Japan Society presents Shomyo: Buddhist Ritual Chant - Spiral Mandala Ceremony, a theatrical audio experience accompanied by innovative, hypnotizing, abstract visuals. Audience members will sit on ...

1 New ANTIGONE Adaptation to Receive Free Staged Reading from No Stone Theatre Co. In Japanese tradition, kanreki, one's 60th birthday, is a special celebration of longevity and rebirth, honoring a ...

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Shomyo got off to a good start in Japan. The first documented performance of this form of Buddhist sutra chanting, originally from India, was before an audience of 10,000 monks and priests at Nara’s ...

[1] Zen, Goeika, and Shomyo chants in actual Buddhist temple services -- [2] Japanese temple music : Zen, Nembutsu, and Yamabushi chants ...

Le Shômyo est un chant liturgique du bouddhisme japonais qui se caractérise par l'usage d'une très grande tessiture, une technique de respiration lente et des motifs mélodiques mélismatiques. On le ...