Literary arts

Onue Ukon Artist Talks
Ukon vs. 8 people

Written by Ukon Onoue

The contemporary art scene becomes more familiar everyday.
Young talented Kabuki actor vs global contemporary artist

Ukon Onoue visited the studios of contemporary artists who have been active in Japan and overseas and have been highly evaluated. I want to see the site where art is born, and look inside the artist's head.……A collection of dialogues between Ukon, who has a classical background, and various artists in the contemporary art scene, who approach each other's real face and aesthetic sense through dialogue.

▼Talking partners are legends leading the art world and young front runners.
Tadanori Yokoo
Keiichi Tanaami
Yukimasa Ida
Elii (Chim↑Pom from Smappa!Group)
Hiroki Tsukuda
Noritaka Tatehana
Taisuke Nakano
Kotato Tomozawa

■Author profile
2nd generation Onoue Ukon Kabuki actor Born in Tokyo in 1992. The second son of Edo Joruri Kiyoharu Muneke and the seventh generation Enjudayu Kiyomoto. At the age of 7, he performed for the first time at Kabukiza "Maizuru Snow Moon Flower" at his real name Kensuke Okamura. At the age of 12, he named the second generation Ukon Onoue in Shimbashi Enbujo's "Human Story Bun Shichigen Yu". In 2018, he named Eijudayu Kiyomoto, the seventh generation of the famous Joruri. He is also active in stages, movies, television, and radio other than Kabuki. He also studied at the independent performance "Ken no Kai". Received the 45th Japan Academy Award New Actor Award for the movie "Fire Sword". In July, he will refrain from appearing in the new Kabuki "Token Ranbu".



  • Type:
    A5 size
  • Page:
    Page 200
  • List price:
    2,200 yen (excluding tax)
  • Issued:
    2023/5/28
  • ISBN:
    978-4-86506-417-9