KABUKI TOURS IN ASIA

ASIE

October 1955: first Kabuki tour in the Popular Republic of China, in Beijing (2~13 October), Shanghai (17~18 October) and Guangzhou (24~25 October). Here are the plays and the casting:

Plays	Roles	Actors
Kanjinchô	Benkei	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
	Yoshitsune	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
	Togashi	Ichikawa Danshirô III
Domo Mata	Matahei	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
	Otoku	Kataoka Gadô V
	Shôgen	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
	Shûrinosuke	Iwai Hanshirô X
Meoto Dôjôji	Hanako	Ichikawa Shôchô III
	Sakurako	Iwai Hanshirô X

April 2005: Chikamatsuza tour in Korea, in Seoul (1~3 April), Gwangju (6 April) and Pusan (9~10 April). Here are the plays and the casting:

Plays	Roles	Actors
Bô Shibari	Jirôkaja	Nakamura Kanjaku
	Tarôkaja	Nakamura Kikaku
Sonezaki Shinjû	Hiranoya Tokubê	Nakamura Kanjaku
	Tenmaya Ohatsu	Nakamura Ganjirô
	Aburaya Kuheiji	Nakamura Kikaku

September 2007: Chikamatsuza tour in China, in Beijing (4~5 September), Hangzhou (9 September), Shanghai (13~15 September) and Guangzhou (21~22 September). Here are the plays and the casting:

Plays	Roles	Actors
Domo Mata	Otoku	Sakata Tôjûrô
	Matahei	Nakamura Kanjaku
Hanabusa Shûjaku no Shishi	The spirit of the lion	Sakata Tôjûrô

March 2017: tour in People's Republic of China in Beijing sponsored by the Japan Foundation. The troupe performed at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in the heart of the Tianqiao District from the 18th to the 20th of March 2017:

Plays	Roles	Actors
Torii Mae	Satô Tadanobu, in reality the fox Genkurô	Nakamura Shikan
	Shizuka Gozen	Kataoka Takatarô
	Musashibô Benkei	Nakamura Hashinosuke
	Hayami no Tôta	Nakamura Fukunosuke
	Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Ichikawa Monnosuke
Fûin Giri	Kameya Chûbê	Nakamura Ganjirô
	The keisei Umegawa	Nakamura Kazutarô
	Izutsuya Oen	Kamimura Kichiya
	Tanbaya Hachiemon	Nakamura Shikan
Fuji Musume	The Wisteria Maiden	Kataoka Takatarô

Kabuki Tour in China (1979)