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JANUARY 2025

7 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza, New National Theatre, Asakusa Kôkaidô, Shinbashi Enbujô), 2 in Ôsaka (Shôchikuza, Shôchikuza) and 1 in Kyôto (Kyôto Gekijô)!

  • ??? perform at the Kabukiza!

  • Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô & Living National Treasure Kataoka Nizaemon perform at the New National Theatre

  • Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô performs at the Shôchikuza!

  • Lots of young talented actors at the Asakusa Kôkaidô!

  • Ichikawa Danjûrô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô!

  • The Zenshinza troupe perform at the Kyôto Gekijô!

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    Kabukiza (Tôkyô)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? January 2025
    Kotobuki Hatsuharu Ôkabuki
    Congratulation Early Spring Grand Kabuki
    Matinée

    ???
    Evening

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    Casting

    ???
    Comments

    The two programs for the New Year Grand Kabuki at the Kabukiza.
    New National Theatre (Tôkyô)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? January 2025
    Program

    ???
    Casting

    ???
    Comments

    No performance at the National Theatre, which was destroyed in 2024, but there is a subsitute theater: the New National Theatre!
    Shôchikuza (Ôsaka)
    Dates 1 ~ 8 January 2025
    Bandô Tamasaburô Hatsuharu Otoshidama Kôen
    Bandô Tamasaburô Early Spring New Year's Gift Performances
    Program

    Kôjô

    Zangetsu

    Nagasaki Jûnikei
    Casting

    Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô
    Comments

    A special Buyô program in Ôsaka at the Shôchikuza starring the amazing Living National Treasure onnagata Bandô Tamasaburô.
    Dates 11 ~ 26 January 2025
    Kataoka Nizaemon Bandô Tamasaburô Hatsuharu Tokubetsu Kôen
    Kataoka Nizaemon Bandô Tamasaburô Early Spring Special Performances
    Program

    ???
    Casting

    Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô, Living National Treasure Kataoka Nizaemon
    Comments

    A special Kabuki program starring starring the goruden konbi Living National Treasures Bandô Tamasaburô and Kataoka Nizaemon.
    Shinbashi Enbujô (Tôkyô)
    Dates 3 ~ 26 January 2025
    Hatsuharu Kabuki Kôen
    Early Spring Kabuki Performances
    Matinée

    Narabegaki Manete Mimasu [In Japanese]
    (Ura Omote Chûshingura)
    "Kabuto Aratame", one scene from the 3rd act, two scenes from the 4th act and the entirety of the 5th and 6th acts of "Kanadehon Chûshingura"
    Evening

    Narabegaki Manete Mimasu [In Japanese]
    (Ura Omote Chûshingura)
    The entirety of the 7th act, 3 new scenes and two scenes from the 11th act of "Kanadehon Chûshingura"
    Casting

    Ichikawa Danjûrô, ???
    Comments

    The traditional New Year Kabuki at the Shinbashi Enbujô with a troupe led by Ichikawa Danjûrô.
    Asakusa Kôkaidô (Tôkyô)
    Dates 2 ~ 26 January 2025
    Shinshun Asakusa Kabuki
    New Year Asakusa Kabuki
    Matinée

    Otoshidama (Nenshi Goaisatsu)

    ???
    Evening

    Otoshidama (Nenshi Goaisatsu)

    ???
    Casting

    Nakamura Hashinosuke, Ichikawa Somegorô, Nakamura Kangyoku, Nakamura Takanosuke, Nakamura Tsurumatsu, Onoe Sakon, Nakamura Tamatarô
    Comments

    The yearly show for young promising actors at the Asakusa Kôkaidô in Asakusa, a lively and colorful neighboorhood that keeps the scent of old Edo.
    Kyôto (Kyôto Gekijô)
    Dates ??~ ?? January 2025
    Zenshinza Tokubetsu Kôen
    Zenshinza Special Performances
    Program

    ???
    Casting

    ???
    Comments

    The traditional Zenshinza New Year performances in Kyôto. Not at the Minamiza, as it used to be, but at the Kyôto Gekijô.
     
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