Kabukiza TheatreKabukiza Theatre
April Program at the Kabukiza Theatre
Daily: Apr 02 (Sun) - Apr 27 (Thu), 2023
Matinee:11:00 AM
Evening Show: 4:00 PM
*No Matinee and Evening Show on the 10th (Mon) and 17th (Mon).
[Important Notice]
●Precautionary Measures at the Kabukiza Theatre
●(Updated) Notification of the cancellation of April 5th-7th Evening Show performances at the Kabukiza Theatre(Apr 7)
Notification of the absence and cast replacement of Ichikawa Sadanji for the Evening show of the April performances(Apr 2)
On sale: from Mar 14 (Tue), 2023 10:00 AM(JST)
Box Seat: 20,000 /First Class Seat: 18,000 /Second Class Seat: 14,000 /Upper Tier A 6,000 /Upper Tier B : 4,000
Unit: Japanese Yen (tax included)
*Children over the age of 4 must purchase tickets to enter.
*Single Act Seats are not for sale.
*Tea will not be offered at the Box Seats.
Kabukiza Theatre (at TOKYO) Theatre Information
- *Tickets for dates shown as "Sold Out" or for other preferred seating areas, may still be available from the promoter, Shochiku Co., Ltd. Please confirm the availability by phone or stop by the Box Office.
*No English supporting guide available.
*Free English flyer / Detailed English synopses are sold at the theatre.
The Kabukiza Theatre celebrates its 10th anniversary since its reopening in April 2013.
In the Matinee we present a new kabuki production which was first performed in September 2013, but this time with a cast of actors from the younger generation. Please enjoy the world of “The Court Astrologer” including a 'chūnori' flight through the air as its highlight.
In the Evening Show you will see a masterpiece of the 'domestic play' category which portrays the checkered destinies of a man and a woman who meet by chance and fall in love, plus a representative work of kabuki dance in which a parent lion with a white mane and a lion cub with a red mane swing their wigs vigorously.
11:00 AM - 11:56 AM
(Intermission: 35 minutes)
12:31 PM - 1:27 PM
(Intermission: 25 minutes)
1:52 PM - 2:52 PM
SHIN ONMYŌJI
Takiyasha Hime
['The Court Astrologer, a new version']
CAST :
- Abe no Seimei
- Nakamura Hayato
- Minamoto no Hiromasa
- Ichikawa Somegorō
- Taira no Masakado / Emperor Murakami
- Bandō Minosuke
- Princess Takiyasha / Princess Kisaragi
- Nakamura Kazutarō
- Prince Okiyo
- Onoe Ukon
- Kikyō no mae
- Nakamura Kotarō
- Tawara no Tōda
- Nakamura Fukunosuke
- Orochimaru
- Nakamura Takanosuke
- A mountain witch at Mt. Mikami
- Ichikawa Monnosuke
- Ashiya Dōman
- Ichikawa Ennosuke
STORY :
In the 10th century, Taira no Masakado rebels against the Imperial Court and gains control of the eastern provinces with Prince Okiyo. Ordered by the Emperor, Tawara no Tōda subjugates Masakado with an arrow which the wizard and astrologer Ashiya Dōman gave him, but Masakado's severed head gets lost. Abe no Seimei, the young court astrologer who is popular in the capital, and his friend Minamoto no Hiromasa fear Masakado's vengeful ghost. One day, they encounter a lady who names herself Itotaki. Hiromasa falls in love with her at first sight, but she is in reality Masakado's sister Princess Takiyasha. Aided by Orochimaru, Seimei confronts those who plot to revive Masakado in the capital where mysteries occur one after another.
4:00 PM - 4:43 PM
(Intermission: 20 minutes)
5:03 PM - 5:59 PM
YOWA NASAKE UKINA NO YOKOGUSHI
['Scarfaced Yosaburō']
CAST :
- Yosaburō
- Kataoka Nizaemon
- Otomi
- Bandō Tamasaburō
- Kōmori Yasu
- Kataoka Ichizō
- Akama Genzaemon
- Kataoka Kamezō
- Kingorō, chief of a firefighting brigade
- Bandō Kamezō *
- Izumiya Tazaemon
- Kawarasaki Gonjūrō *
STORY :
On the beach, Yosaburō, the spoilt son of a wealthy family, meets Otomi, the mistress of a gang boss, and falls in love with her at first sight. The affair is soon found out by the gang boss and Yosaburō gets beaten up, suffering wounds all over his body. Thinking that Yosaburō died, Otomi throws herself into the sea. 3 years later, Yosaburō, who has become a petty thief, and his mentor Yasu, nicknamed 'the Bat', go to blackmail the mistress of a wealthy merchant, only to discover that it is Otomi, who also survived. In one of the most famous scenes in kabuki, Yosaburō pours out his resentment against Otomi and bemoans the fate that has destroyed his life. Then Otomi learns the secret about her situation...
Intermission: 35 minutes
RENJISHI
['Parent and Child Lion Dance']
CAST :
- The actor Ukon, later, the spirit of the parent lion
- Onoe Shōroku
- The actor Sakon, later, the spirit of the lion cub
- Onoe Sakon
- Rennen, a priest of the Nichiren Sect
- Bandō Kamezō
- Hennen, a priest of the Pure Land Sect
- Kawarasaki Gonjūrō
STORY :
A dance adapted from a tale featuring the legendary 'shishi', a mythical lion-like beast. It is based on the idea that a 'shishi' will push its cubs over a steep cliff as a test of their strength, only nurturing those cubs strong enough to climb up by themselves. Two entertainers dance the tale of the legendary 'shishi' that live at the foot of a holy Buddhist mountain. The dance portrays a parent 'shishi' forcing its cub to undergo harsh training in order to grow up strong. In the finale, the 'shishi' themselves appear and perform their dance with the wild shaking of their long manes.