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Koheisai Kawamura is a Japanese shadow-puppet artist and musician whose work brings visual storytelling and live music together. His website presents performances, films, workshops, recordings, interviews, and creative projects, offering an overview of his artistic practice and upcoming events. Kawamura stages original shadow-puppet productions, including “Haru to Hatake wa Kaze o Ou,” accompanied by musicians such as Tonchi, HAMA, and others.

He also leads shadow-puppet workshops and creates projects with schools, universities, cultural organisations, and local communities, including the “Notogatari” series in the Noto region. Alongside his solo work, Kawamura performs with Taikuh Jikang, a music group that has released its fifth album, “Tori,” on vinyl. The site also features videos of performances and puppet-making, media appearances, and published conversations about the relationship between shadow theatre, music, and cultural experience.

His wider creative work includes a permanent shadow-puppet exhibition in Tokushima and a mural in Nanto. Together, these activities reflect a multidisciplinary practice spanning performance, music, education, film, illustration, and design