UPDATES
28 February 2026

ACTORS: Ichikawa Monzaburô II & Ichikawa Raizô II.

PLAYS: "Sankai Nagoya" & "Tsuwamono Kongen Soga".

ACTORS LINES: Ichikawa Benzô & Ichikawa Ginzô.

LESSER KNOWN ACTORS: Ichikawa Chôjûrô & Ichikawa Wajûrô.

PROGRAMS: March 2026 (details and 2 new flyers for the Kabukiza & the Minamiza, details and 1 new flyer for the Shinbashi Enbujô & the Shungyô Special Tour), April 2026 (details and 1 new flyer for the Shôchikuza & the Misonoza, 1 new flyer for the Kabukiza), May 2026 (Kabukiza, Minamiza) & June 2026 (Hakataza, Minamiza).

OTHERS: 5 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; 10 new roles in the bilingual list of roles; new illustrations for the actors Ichikawa Danjûrô I, Murayama Shirôji and Yamanaka Heikurô I; a new illustration page for the actor Nakajima Kanzaemon I; the pages on the actors Ichikawa Danzô I, Ichikawa Ebijûrô I, Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Ichikawa Omezô I, Ichikawa Raizô V and Ichikawa Sumizô V have been reworked (past tense, day of passing away in western calendar and added data/illustrations for some of them); 3 new guilds in the guilds list (Harimaya, Kôraiya, Tennôjiya); 10 new haimyô in the haimyô list (Hakusha, Kaien, Kaigan, Kien, Rokaku, Shikaku, Shikô, Shinsha, Shinshô, Toshô); aragyô, asahina yoshihide, fuwa bansaku, fuwa banzaemon, hatsuumasai, inari jinja, kigusuriya, kobayashi no asahina, kôshoku, kumasaka, nagoya mikinojô, nagoya sanzaburô, nagoya sanzaemon, negi and takenuki gorô have been added to the glossary.

31 January 2026

ACTORS: Kirinami Onoe.

PLAYS: "Ninin Yûgiri".

LESSER KNOWN ACTORS: Kirinami Matsutarô.

PROGRAMS: February 2026 (Shôchikuza, details and 2 new flyers for the Kabukiza, 1 new flyer for the Ichikawa Danjûrô Tour), March 2026 (Kabukiza, 1 new flyer for the Ichikawa Danjûrô Tour), April 2026 (Shôchikuza, Kabukiza, details and a new flyer for the Kanamaruza) & May 2026 (Shôchikuza, Theater MILANO-Za).

OTHERS: 20 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; the page on the Nakamura Daikichi line of actors has been reworked; the pages on the actors Nakajima Mihoemon II, Nakamura Tomijûrô II, Nakamura Tomijûrô V and Nakamura Utaemon IV have been reworked (past tense, day of passing away in western calendar and added data/illustrations for some of them); a new guild in the guilds list (Wakasaya); 26 new haimyô in the haimyô list (Baikyô, Chikusen, Dairai, Ikkô, Ikkô, Ikkô, Ippô, Joshi, Kaishun, Kanjaku, Kanshi, Keisha, Keishû, Kikudô, Kokutô, Minchû, Rikan, Rikan, Rikan, Rikyô, Sanpû, Tenkô, Wakô, Wakô, Wakô, Wako); fujiya izaemon, keigoto, mitate banzuke, mitsumonoya, ôgiya yûgiri, shinanjo, yûge, yûgiri-izaemonmono & yûgirimono have been added to the glossary.

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