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November Program at the Heisei Nakamuraza Theatre
Daily: Nov 03 (Thu) - Nov 27 (Sun), 2022
Part1:11:00 AM
Part2: 3:45 PM
*No performances on the 8th (Tue) and 21st (Mon).
*The theatre will open 45 minutes before the performance starts.
◇Schedule and caution
[Important Notice]
●(Updated) Notification of the cancellation of November 6th performances (Nov 6)
●(Updated) Notification of the cancellation of November 4th-5th performances (Nov 5)
●Precautionary Measures at the Heisei Nakamuraza Theatre
On sale: from Oct 07 (Fri), 2022 10:00 AM(JST)
ODAIJIN Seat (Level 2): 30,000
MATSU Seat (Level 1): 15,000
TAKE Seat (Level 1, Level 2): 14,500
UME Seat (Level 2): 11,000
SAKURA Seat (Level 2): 9,500
Unit: Japanese Yen (tax included)
*Children over the age of 4 must purchase tickets to enter.
*In the 'Matsu' seats you will be seated on the floor with 'zabuton' cushions. There are special seats for the Odaijin seats, and benches for all other areas.
*Customers with tickets for consecutive parts are asked to leave the theatre once the previous part has ended.
Access to the theatre (Temporary theatre in the Sensō-ji Temple)
- *No English supporting guide available.
Heisei Nakamuraza is a theatre troupe that performs in a specially constructed theatre building, which itself is built in the style of a playhouse from the Edo period. The productions started by Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII and others, began in 2000 in Asakusa in Tokyo, and the performances have since taken place in Osaka, Nagoya, New York and so on. This autumn, the Heisei Nakamuraza returns to Asakusa for performances that will be held for the first time in three years. Enjoy the program of various plays, such as a masterpiece of the history play genre, a brand new kabuki production and so on!
KOTOBUKI SOGA NO TAIMEN
['The Auspicious Confrontation of the Soga Brothers']
CAST :
- Kudō Suketsune
- Nakamura Hashinosuke
- Soga no Gorō
- Nakamura Fukunosuke
- Soga no Jūrō
- Nakamura Utanosuke
- Kobayashi no Asahina
- Nakamura Toranosuke
- Ōiso no Tora
- Bandō Shingo
- Oniō Shinzaemon
- Nakamura Kankurō
STORY :
This scene is one act of a history play based on the legend of the Soga brothers' vendetta. In the Edo period, plays about the vendetta carried out by the Soga brothers, Gorō and Jūrō, were performed at times of celebration. 'Soga no Taimen', in which the brothers meet their nemesis, has its roots in the earliest of these plays. This play has ceremonial aspects and features each of the important kabuki character types, including the bombastic 'aragoto' style of Gorō and the soft 'wagoto' style of Jūrō.
Intermission: 15 minutes
SHIRABYŌSHI NO HANA NO EN
['Shirabyōshi Dance at the Cherry Blossom Viewing']
CAST :
- Wakatae, a shirabyōshi court dancer
- Nakamura Shichinosuke
STORY :
This is a beautiful dance rich in variation, ranging from an elegant performance by a shirabyōshi court dancer to a gorgeous dance portraying a woman's emotions.
Intermission: 20 minutes
Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa
SAKANAYA SŌGORŌ
['Sōgorō the Fishmonger']
CAST :
- Sōgorō, a fishmonger
- Nakamura Kankurō
- Onagi, Kazuenosuke's maidservant
- Bandō Shingo
- Isobe Kazuenosuke
- Nakamura Hashinosuke
- Sankichi, Sōgorō's servant
- Nakamura Utanosuke
- Oshige, Omitsu's daughter
- Nakamura Tsurumatsu
- Omitsu, proprietress of the Kiku teahouse
- Nakamura Kamenojō
- Tahē, Sōgorō's father
- Kataoka Kamezō
- Ohama, Sōgorō's wife
- Nakamura Senjaku
STORY :
This is a 'sewamono' play, a work portraying in a realistic way the lives of ordinary people in the Edo period. Sōgorō, a fishmonger, has made a vow not to drink. But when he learns about his sister's unjust murder at the hands of a daimyō lord, a death that they were told was execution for her wrongdoing, he starts to drink again. Becoming drunk, he storms into the lord's mansion to seek an apology. This play by the playwright Kawatake Mokuami (1816-1893) is known for its realistic portrayal of members of the common class during the Edo period, and highlights their fierce pride as well as their frustration at the privileges of the dominant samurai class.
TŌNASUYA
Fushigi no Kunioku no Waka Danna
['The Pumpkin Vendor' alias 'Young Master’s Adventures in Wonderland']
CAST :
- Tokusaburō, the young master
- Nakamura Kankurō
- Sakurazaka, a courtesan / Onaka
- Nakamura Shichinosuke
- The second courtesan / Gensuke, Genroku's son
- Bandō Shingo
- Kuma, a carpenter
- Nakamura Hashinosuke
- Hankō
- Nakamura Fukunosuke
- Nemuri Zenjirō
- Nakamura Toranosuke
- The young master (small)
- Nakamura Kantarō
- Ichi, Onaka's son
- Nakamura Chōzaburō
- Nyūrin / Otane of the laver shop
- Nakamura Tsurumatsu
- Yamazakiya Oriki
- Nakamura Kamenojō
- A greengrocer of Darumachō /
A pond skater of Yoshiwara rice field
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi- Kotatsu, a head clerk / Gegeko, a frog of Yoshiwara rice field
- Kataoka Kamezō
- Genroku, a landlord
- Bandō Yajūrō
- Yoshi, greengrocer's wife /
Gekomi, a frog of Yoshiwara rice field
Nakamura Senjaku
STORY :
This is a brand new kabuki play written and directed by Kudō Kankurō. It is based on the Rakugo story "Tōnasuya Seidan" which is set in Asakusa. Disowned by his father for visiting the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters too often, the young master Tokusaburō is about to throw himself off the Azumabashi Bridge into the Sumida River... Enjoy this humane comedy based on a chic and sentimental story, interwoven with elements of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Intermission: 25 minutes
NORIAIBUNE EHŌ MANZAI
['Manzai Entertainers on a Ferry Boat']
CAST :
- Manzai
- Nakamura Senjaku
- Saizō
- Nakamura Kankurō
- Sweet white saké seller
- Nakamura Shichinosuke
- Carpenter
- Nakamura Hashinosuke
- Young master
- Nakamura Toranosuke
- Geisha
- Nakamura Tsurumatsu
- Lion dancer of Kakubē Jishi
- Nakamura Utanosuke
- Lion dancer of Kakubē Jishi
- Nakamura Fukunosuke
- Boatwoman
- Bandō Shingo
- Yamazakiya Oriki
- Kataoka Kamezō
- Man-about-town
- Bandō Yajūrō
STORY :
A dance depicting the manners of Edo townsfolk in the Tenpō era (1830-1844). At New Years, a group of merrymakers happen to meet on a ferry boat. They are compared to the Seven Gods of Good Fortune and include a pair of manzai entertainers, who would go from door to door performing auspicious songs and dances.