{"id":6574,"date":"2026-05-13T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=6574"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:42:57","slug":"019-komatan-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/artist\/019-komatan-tokyo","title":{"rendered":"Komatan, Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-W1920xH1080-artist-019-komatan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-W1920xH1080-artist-019-komatan.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-W1920xH1080-artist-019-komatan-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-W1920xH1080-artist-019-komatan-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-W1920xH1080-artist-019-komatan-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/img-W1920xH1080-artist-019-komatan-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/komatan3351\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/komatan3351<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Spinning tradition into motion<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Komatan is a professional spinning-top performer who brings together everyday string-wound toy tops, traditional Edo kyoku-goma, and chongake-goma, a style from western Japan. Blending these skills with juggling and kendama, he has developed a performance style all his own \u2014 fast, playful, powerful, and delicately controlled. After travelling as a street performer through more than 20 countries, he began performing in Japan in 2020, and now appears at festivals and events both in Japan and overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/embed\/appl2St1lq996szjO\/shro26P91gH8F7b1L?search=Komatan\" width=\"100%\" height=\"740\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-6574","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry","artistscat-artists019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/6574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}