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November 1966: opening ceremony of the National Theater in Tôkyô with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami",
from the "Ôuchiyama" scene to the "Kurumabiki" scene, with an amazing casting:
December 1966: second month of the opening ceremony of the National Theater with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami",
from "Kurumabiki" to the last scene, with an amazing casting:
March 1967: revival at the National Theater of Tsuruya Namboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô".
The new script is written by the Kabuki scholar Gunji Masakatsu and the play is is produced with the following casting:
April 1967: revival at the National Theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama
"Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira", which is staged with the following casting:
May 1968: revival at the National Theater of "Ura Omote Sendai Hagi",
which is staged with the following casting:
April 1971: revival at the National Theater of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage",
in 5 acts divided into 8 scenes (a longer version than the standard one) which is staged with the following casting:
May 1973: revival at the National Theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi"
to commemorate the 249th anniversary (250th memorial service) of the playwright,
which is staged with the following casting:
March 1975: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari",
which is staged with the following casting:
April 1976: revival in 5 acts and 9 scenes of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri",
with the following casting:
September 1978: revival at the National Theater of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi",
which is staged with the following casting:
August 1979: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Kanzen Chôaku Nozoki Garakuri",
which is staged with the following casting:
August 1980: revival at the National Theater of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa",
which is staged with the following casting:
April 1981: revival at the National Theater of Nishizawa Ippô's drama "Keisei Hama no Masago",
which is staged with the following casting:
For this revival, the drama's sekai being the Taikôki, it was decided to use the real names for the historical figures.
The spectacular "Onna Goemon" scene was the opening act of this drama.
January 1982: revival at the National Theater of "Zôhiki", a bombastic play in the aragoto style which
belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban
and is staged with the following casting:
January 1983: revival at the National Theater of "Nanatsu Men",
which uses a new script written by Tobe Ginsaku and is staged with the following casting:
January 1984: historic revival at the National Theater of the Genroku drama "Sankai Nagoya",
with the following casting:
January 1997: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theater of the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki",
which is staged with the following casting:
January 1999: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Irogoyomi Gen'yadana",
which is staged with the following casting:
January 2002: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Koharunagi Okitsu Shiranami",
which has not been performed in its full length since November 1864;
the play is staged with the following casting:
November 2005: revival at the National Theater of Chikamatsu Yanagi's drama "Ehon Taikôki",
which is staged with the following casting:
January 2009: revival at the National Theater of "Zôhiki", a bombastic play in the aragoto style which
belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban
and is staged with the following casting:
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