AUGUST 2023

7 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza, National Theatre), 1 in Kyôto (Minamiza), 2 in Ôsaka (National Bunraku Theatre, Kintetsu Art Kan)!

  • ??? perform at the Kabukiza!
  • Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô and Kataoka Ainosuke perform at the Minamiza!
  • All the others great Kabuki actors are on vacation ...
  • Kabukiza (Tôkyô)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Hachigatsu Nôryô Kabuki
    August Cool-Breeze Kabuki
    1st program

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    2nd program

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    3rd program

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    Casting

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    Comments

    The August Young Actors Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza.

    Minamiza (Kyôto)
    Dates 3 ~ 27 August 2023
    Bandô Tamasaburô Tokubetsu Kôen
    Bandô Tamasaburô Special Performances
    Program

    Kaidan Botan Dôrô

    Casting

    Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô, Kataoka Ainosuke, ???

    Comments

    A special program starring the amazing Living National Treasure onnagata Bandô Tamasaburô in Kyôto at the Minamiza. The guest star is Kataoka Ainosuke.

    National Theatre (Tôkyô)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Ne no Kai
    Program

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    Comments

    25th edition of the summer program of the association Ne no Kai (literally 'the Sound Association'). The first items in this program are only music performances.

    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Chigyokai/Kabukikai
    Program

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    Comments

    29th edition of the common program for 2 associations, the Chigyokai (the Young Fishes Association) and the Kabukikai (the Kabuki Association), which stars stars' disciples in the leading roles of all the items in the program under the supervision of ???

    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Ken no Kai
    Program

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    Casting

    Onoe Ukon, ???

    Comments

    7th edition of the Ken no Kai, a gala starring Onoe Kikugorô VI's great-grandson Onoe Ukon. Ken no Kai literally means "Ken's Association" with Ken being the first ideogram in Onoe Ukon's real first name Kensuke.

    Kintetsu Art Kan (Ôsaka)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Sora no Kai
    Program

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    Casting

    Kataoka Matsujûrô, Kataoka Senjirô, Kataoka Senju, Kataoka Tôjûrô, Nakamura Kansei, Kataoka Yûjirô, Kataoka Rikiya, Kataoka Toshiya, Kataoka Tôkichirô, Kataoka Sentarô

    Comments

    The 8th gala of the Sora no Kai, in Ôsaka at the Kintetsu Art Kan, which stars mostly disciples of the Matsushimaya guild. These performances are entitled Abeno Kabuki (Abeno is the name of a famous district in Ôsaka).

    National Bunraku Theatre (Ôsaka)
    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Kamigata Kabukikai
    Program

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    Comments

    32nd edition of the Kamigata Kabukikai (the Kamigata Kabuki Association), a summer program in Ôsaka which stars Kamigata Kabuki stars' disciples in the leading roles under the supervision of ???

    Dates ?? ~ ?? August 2023
    Takasago Kai
    Takasago Gala
    Program

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    Casting

    Nakamura Baigyoku, Nakamura Kangyoku, ???

    Comments

    3rd edition of the Takasago Kai ('Takasago Gala') for the disciples of Nakamura Baigyoku belonging to the Takasagoya guild. The first item in the program is a kôjô.

     
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