Anna Matsushita

At an international school about 40 years ago, following conversations was held.   “Anna, you were a leader at discussion during a summer school, weren’t you? How can you be so ambitions?”   “What, me? A leader at discussion?”   “Yes, I heard that you acted at a leader, and you made people laugh"   “Ah, I see. At summer school. But I don’t think I was a leader, Although I may have looked a leader, I was not aware of it”   “But I heard that you acted as a leader”   “Well, I think I was acting as moderator, not as a leader. I was not sure if I can catch up with the discussion, so I took notes and asked a few questions and get the opinions from the talkers together, and made sure no one was left behind”   “How did you make people laugh?”   “Well, I said something that boys might find it funny”   “How did it go?”   “Well… some of them were not talking, so I asked if they have anything they would like to add to the discussion, and found that one

 When I was young, I came across with a picture of two entertainers in Medieval Japan, called Kusemai dancer, and Shrabyoshi.   They were one of the prominent street performers in Medieval Japan, and they were mentioned in a book called “Seventy One Songs on Craftsmen", illustrating various craftsmen which was established at the end of 1500’s   Here is the link to the original painting of Kusemai dancer and Shirbyoshi. (On the bottle left) 狂言・能楽の歴史｜文化デジタルライブラリー (jac.go.jp)   (Kusemai dancer on the left, Shirabyoshi on the right )   能・世阿弥｜文化デジタルライブラリー (jac.go.jp) So, what are Kusemai dancer and Shirabyoshi ? Kusemai, also known as Mai-Mai (Roughly translated as "dance, dance") is a male street dancer, usually paired up with a singer, and dance while holding a folding fan. Shirabyoshi is a female dancer dressed in men’s clothe and sing song while dancing. Kusemai | the-Noh.com | Noh Terminology Shirabyōshi - Wikipedia   In a book of “Seventy