For those not able to attend in person, you can support the event by selecting the “Support Plan” or the “Video Plan” which include a commemorative image or access to video viewing from the performances (available in June 2026). These are great ways to support the event, even if you can not be there in Japan!
Ibarako san has launched a site for the “Haruki Yukimura – 10th Memorial Commemorative Performance.”
The performance will be presented in two parts (day and evening).
Performers, models, and staff connected to Yukimura-ryu will gather, each expressing their own interpretation to bring Yukimura’s philosophy and aesthetic sensibility to life on stage.
The project is organized and managed by the Yukimura-ryu team. Production is based at Kannon Studio in Akebonobashi, Tokyo—a place closely connected to Haruki Yukimura, who visited frequently for past productions.
Our aim is not simply to commemorate the past, but to present Yukimura-ryu as a living, ongoing form of expression, and to carry it forward to the next generation.
Yukimura-ryu is a school of kinbaku based on the philosophy and aesthetic vision left by the late Haruki Yukimura.
Rather than treating rope as a technical skill, Yukimura-ryu understands kinbaku as dialogue and expression between people.
Through photo sessions, small-scale performances, video works, lessons, and salon events, we have continued to carry this philosophy into the present.
Many people have told us that what moved them most was not the rope itself, but the atmosphere and relationships created through it.
Marking ten years since Haruki Yukimura’s passing, we decided to present his philosophy once again—this time as a stage performance.
