SEPTEMBER 2025

3 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza, New National Theatre), 1 in Toyooka (Eirakukan) & 1 in Kyôto (Minamiza)!

  • Living National Treasure Kataoka Nizaemon, Living National Treasure Nakamura Tôzô, Living National Treasure Nakamura Karoku, Matsumoto Hakuô, Nakamura Kaishun, Nakamura Manju, Nakamura Shikan, Onoe Kikugorô, Matsumoto Kôshirô, Nakamura Jakuemon, Kataoka Takatarô, Nakamura Kinnosuke, Onoe Shôroku, Nakamura Matagorô, Bandô Hikosaburô, Ichikawa Omezô, Bandô Kamezô, Nakamura Kazutarô, Nakamura Tokizô & Nakamura Yonekichi perform at the Kabukiza !
  • Living National Treasure Nakamura Baigyoku & Nakamura Senjaku perform at the New National Theatre
  • Kataoka Ainosuke, Ichikawa Chûsha, Onoe Ukon, Ichikawa Emiya & Ichikawa Emisaburô perform at the Minamiza!
  • Kataoka Ainosuke, Nakamura Kazutarô and Bandô Hikosaburô perform at the Eirakukan!
  • Kabukiza (Tôkyô)
    Dates 2 ~ 24 September 2025
    Shûzan Matsuri Kugatsu Ôkabuki
    Shûzan's Festival September Grand Kabuki
    Matinée

    Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

  • Kamo Zutsumi
  • Hippô Denju
  • Dômyôji
  • Evening

    Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

  • Kurumabiki
  • Ga no Iwai
  • Terakoya
  • Casting

    Living National Treasure Kataoka Nizaemon, Living National Treasure Nakamura Tôzô, Living National Treasure Nakamura Karoku, Matsumoto Hakuô, Nakamura Kaishun, Nakamura Manju, Nakamura Shikan, Onoe Kikugorô, Matsumoto Kôshirô, Nakamura Jakuemon, Kataoka Takatarô, Nakamura Kinnosuke, Onoe Shôroku, Nakamura Matagorô, Bandô Hikosaburô, Ichikawa Omezô, Bandô Kamezô, Nakamura Kazutarô, Nakamura Tokizô, Nakamura Yonekichi, Nakamura Matsue, Kamimura Kichiya, Ichimura Manjirô, Ichikawa Komazô, Matsumoto Kingo, Bandô Shingo, Nakamura Kashô, Nakamura Hashinosuke, Nakamura Mantarô, Nakamura Tanenosuke, Ôtani Hirotarô, Ichikawa Somegorô, Onoe Sakon, Nakamura Kichinojô

    Comments

    The 4th edition at the Kabukiza of the new "Shûzan Matsuri" (the festival of Shûzan), which is staged to commemorate late Nakamura Kichiemon II. Shûzan was the haimyô used by both Nakamura Kichiemon I and Nakamura Kichiemon II.

    New National Theatre (Tôkyô)
    Dates 5? ~ 27 September 2025
    Program

    Kanadehon Chûshingura

  • Rikiya Jôshi, Matsukiri
  • Yamashina Kankyo
  • Casting

    Living National Treasure Nakamura Baigyoku, Nakamura Senjaku, Ichikawa Monnosuke, Nakamura Toranosuke, Nakamura Tamatarô, Nakamura Jûjirô

    Comments

    No performance at the National Theatre, which is no more operating in 2025 but there is a subsitute theater: the New National Theatre! This playhouse dedicated to opera, ballet or modern dances/dramas has become also a new home for Kabuki performances!

    Minamiza (Kyôto)
    Dates 2 ~ 26 September 2025
    Program

    Rupan Sansei [In Japanese]

    Casting

    Kataoka Ainosuke, Ichikawa Chûsha, Onoe Ukon, Ichikawa Emiya, Ichikawa Emisaburô, Bandô Yajûrô, Ichikawa En'ya, Nakamura Takanosuke, Ôtani Hiromatsu, Ichikawa Seiko

    Comments

    A special program reviving the 2023 Kabuki drama based on Monkey Punch's famous manga/anime "Lupin the Third".

    Eirakukan (Toyooka)
    Dates 30 September ~ 5 October 2025
    Eirakukan Kabuki
    Eirakukan Kabuki
    Program

    Kotobuki Soga no Taimen

    Kôjô

    Kô no Tori

    Casting

    Kataoka Ainosuke, Nakamura Kazutarô, Bandô Hikosaburô, Nakamura Fukunosuke, Nakamura Utanosuke

    Comments

    15th Kabuki program at the Eirakukan, a renovated traditional theater built in the city of Toyooka (prefecture of Hyôgo).

     
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