KABUKIZA

City

Tôkyô

Management

History

21 November 1889: opening of the Kabukiza, built in Tôkyô in the district of Kobiki-chô (Ginza).

October 1890: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kawatake Mokuami's Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Modoribashi", which was performed with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sayuri, the demon of Mount Atago	Onoe Kikugorô V
Watanabe Genji Tsuna	Ichikawa Sadanji I

March 1891: premiere at the Kabukiza of Fukuchi Ôchi's drama "Buyû no Homare Shusse Kagekiyo", a revised revival of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's jidaimono "Shusse Kagekiyo" which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Taira no Kagekiyo, the carpenter Rokuzô	Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
Akoya	Bandô Shûchô II
Hatakeyama Shigetada	Ichikawa Gonjûrô
Minamoto no Yoritomo, the carpenter Edo Shigenari	Ichikawa Yaozô VII
Akoya's brother Iba-no-Jûzô	Nakamura Kangorô XII
The plasterer Kyûsaku, Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka	Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Mionoya Shirô	Ichikawa Shinzô V
The daigûji of the Atsuta Shrine, Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki, a carpenter (in reality Satomi Yoshinari)	Ichikawa Sumizô V
The daughter of the daigûji of the Atsuta Shrine, Kagekiyo's daughter Princess Hitomaru, Shigemori's sister Kochô	Ichikawa Metora II
Kagekiyo's son Ishiwaka	Nakamura Kofuku

September 1891: premiere at the Kabukiza of Fukuchi Ôchi's drama "Zôho Onna Narukami", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The ama Narukami (in reality Matsunaga's daughter Hatsuse-no-Mae)	Nakamura Fukusuke IV
Kumo no Taemanosuke, Tomiwakamaru (in reality Kumo no Taemanosuke)	Bandô Kakitsu I
Sakuma Genba	Ichikawa Yaozô VII

January 1892: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's drama "Shiobara Tasuke Ichidaiki", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Shiobara Tasuke, Michizure Kohei	Onoe Kikugorô V
The rônin Shiobara Kakuemon, Hara Tanji	Ichikawa Yaozô VII
Kakuemon's wife Osei, the goke Okame	Bandô Shûchô II
Hara Tanzaburô	Onoe Kikunosuke II
Fujinoya Mokuemon	Bandô Kakitsu I
The farmer Shiobara Kakuemon, Akidarugai Kyûhachi, Matatabi Okaku	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Kishidaya Unosuke (in reality Kishida Unai), Gohachi, Tsugitate no Nisuke	Onoe Kikushirô III

July 1892: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kaidan Botan Dôrô", adapted for Kabuki from a famous Rakugo story created by San'yûtei Enchô, staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tomozô, Oyone's ghost	Onoe Kikugorô V
Genjirô's lover Okuni, Tomozô's wife Omine	Bandô Shûchô II
Hagiwara Shinzaburô	Onoe Kikunosuke II
Iijima Heizaemon	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Otsuyu, Otsuyu's ghost	Onoe Eizaburô V
Miyanobe Genjirô	Ichikawa Yaozô VII

July 1892: premiere at the Kabukiza of the dance "Makura Jidô", which starred Onoe Kikugorô V in the role of Kikujidô.

October 1892: premiere at the Kabukiza of the matsubamemono "Suô Otoshi", starring Ichikawa Danjûrô IX and Nakamura Fukusuke IV in the roles of Tarôkaja and the Princess.

March 1893: premiere at the Kabukiza of Fukuchi Ôchi's Nagauta-based dance "Shunkyô Kagami Jishi". The musical accompaniment was written by Kineya Shôjirô III, the choreography was made by Fujima Kan'emon II and the leading role was played by Ichikawa Danjûrô IX. His two daughters played the roles of the butterflies.

April 1897: premiere at the Kabukiza of Fukuchi Ôchi's drama "Otokodate Harusame Gasa", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôguchiya Jihê, later Ôguchiya Gyôu	Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
Henmi Ikkaku, later the rônin Henmi Tetsushinsai	Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Karigane Shôbê	Ichikawa Yaozô VII
The keisei Katsuragi	Nakamura Fukusuke IV
The keisei Hinotoyama	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Gennoshin's daughter Otsuru, later the keisei Usugumo	Ichikawa Metora II
Amano Yukie, Jihê's half-brother Ôguchiya Seizaburô	Ichikawa Somegorô IV
Ôguchiya Jizaemon, Imanishi Gennoshin	Kataoka Ichizô III
Matsubaya Yohê	Ichikawa Sumizô V

January 1898: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's dance-drama "Hagoromo", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The celestial creature	Onoe Kikugorô V
The fisherman Hakuryô	Onoe Eizaburô V
The fisherman Mihoji	Onoe Matsusuke IV
The fisherman Isomatsu	Kataoka Ichizô III

May 1898: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's drama "Edo Sodachi Omatsuri Sashichi", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Omatsuri Sashichi	Onoe Kikugorô V
The courtesan Koito	Onoe Eizaburô V
Kurata Bampei, the tobigashira Kan'emon	Kataoka Ichizô III
Koito's foster mother Otetsu	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Kan'emon's nyôbô Otatsu	Bandô Shûchô II
Mi no Sankichi	Ichimura Kakitsu VI
Oyuki	Onoe Umejirô
Otane	Kataoka Kamezô III
The Yoshinoya bantô Yahei	Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI
Yoshinoya Tomijirô	Mimasu Inemaru III
The hakomawashi Kyûsuke	Onoe Kanijûrô II
The tobi Nizaburô	Ichikawa Danshichi III
Odedeko Denji	Ichikawa Hataya
Sudare no Yoshimatsu	Onoe Kikusaburô V (?)
Onaka	Onoe Kikuji I (?)

January 1900: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's dance-drama "Yami no Ume Hyaku Monogatari", which was staged with Tokiwazu, Nagauta, and Kiyomoto musical ensembles with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Shiraume, a kasa ippon ashi, a gaikotsu, a yomiuri	Onoe Kikugorô V
A yuki onna	Nakamura Fukusuke IV
A tanuki	Ichimura Kakitsu VI
A kappa	Onoe Eizô
A kogaikotsu, a yomiuri	Onoe Ushinosuke II
Miyamoto Musashi	Ichikawa Yaozô VII

May 1901: Nakamura Fukusuke IV took the name of Nakamura Shikan V at the Kabukiza.

October 1902: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi", whose script was based on a famous story written by the rakugoka Sanyûtei Enchô. The casting included the following actors:

Roles	Actors
Chôbê	Onoe Kikugorô V
Chôbê's wife Okane	Onoe Eizaburô V
The Izumiya tedai Bunshichi	Ichimura Kakitsu VI
Chôbê's daughter Ohisa	Onoe Ushinosuke II
The Kadoebi Brothel madam Okoma	Nakamura Shikan V
Izumiya Seibê	Onoe Matsusuke IV

March 1903: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Otowaya guild; the actors Onoe Ushinosuke II, Onoe Eizaburô V and Onoe Eizô respectively took the names of Onoe Kikugorô VI, Onoe Baikô VI and Onoe Eizaburô VI. The three actors played the roles of Soga Gorô, Soga Jûrô and Hachiman Saburô in the drama "Kichirei Soga no Ishizue". They also performed together with Ichikawa Danjûrô IX in the drama "Kiyomasa Seichûroku". Casting for "Kichirei Soga no Ishizue":

Roles	Actors
Kudô Saemon Suketsune	Ichikawa Danjûrô IX
Soga Gorô Tokimune	Onoe Kikugorô VI
Soga Jûrô Sukenari	Onoe Baikô VI
Ôiso no Tora	Nakamura Shikan V
Kewaizaka no Shôshô	Ichikawa Monnosuke VI
Kobayashi Asahina Saburô	Ichikawa Gonjûrô
Hachiman Saburô	Onoe Eizaburô VI
Ômi no Kotôta	Ichikawa Somegorô IV
Oniô Shinzaemon	Ichikawa Yaozô VII

June 1904: premiere at the Kabukiza of the drama "Meiboku Kasane Monogatari", which was is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yoemon	Ichikawa Yaozô VII
Kasane	Onoe Baikô VI
Princess Utakata	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Kingorô	Onoe Matsusuke IV
The tôfu maker Saburobê	Kataoka Ichizô III

November 1908: revival at the Kabukiza of the Kabuki Jûhachiban drama "Kagekiyo", which was staged with a Tokiwazu musical accompaniment and the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo	Ichikawa Komazô VIII
Kagekiyo's wife Akoya	Onoe Baikô VI
Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada	Nakamura Shikan V
Nitan no Shirô Tadatsune	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura	Ichikawa Yaozô VII
Hase no Hachirô	Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Hanzawa Rokurô Narikiyo	Onoe Kikugorô VI
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Kagekiyo's daughter Princess Hitomaru	Sawamura Sôjûrô VII

April 1910: premiere at the Kabukiza of "Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi", a few scenes taken from "Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana" focusing on Kataoka Naojirô and his lover Michitose and staged independently from the rest of the play, which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kataoka Naojirô	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Michitose	Onoe Baikô VI
Kaneko Ichinojô	Ichikawa Ennosuke I
The blind masseur Jôga	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Kurayami no Ushimatsu	Nakamura Kichiemon I

November 1911: Nakamura Shikan V took the name of Nakamura Utaemon V at the Kabukiza.

April 1912: premiere at the Kabukiza of the dance "Hashi Benkei", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Benkei	Ichikawa Danshirô II
Ushiwakamaru	Kataoka Gadô IV

November 1912: première at the Kabukiza of Enomoto Torahiko's drama "Meikô Kakiemon". The leading role of Kakiemon, the Bernard Palissy of Japan, was played by Kataoka Nizaemon XI.

October 1913: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Zôhiki", a long-forgotten play belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban. The script was written by Hiraki Hakusei and it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôtomo Kachimaru	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Mita no Genji Takeru	Ichikawa Danshirô II
Ikitsu Gazenbô	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Funakata Hyôe	Nakamura Karoku III
Princess Yayoi	Ichikawa Monnosuke VI
The kôshitsu Atago-no-Mae	Nakamura Shikaku I
Toshima Aoinosuke	Nakamura Shibajaku IV
Takegawa	Azuma Ichinojô II
Horikawa Kageyu	Ichikawa Shinjûrô III
Matsubara Danpachi	Ichikawa Dan'emon II
Ômiya Hayato	Nakamura Utajûrô

August 1915: the drama "Kaidan Chibusa no Enoki" revised by the Kamigata actor Jitsukawa Enjirô I was staged for the first time in Tôkyô with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hishikawa Shigenobu, the ghost of Shigenobu, the servant Shôsuke, Uwabami no Sanji	Jitsukawa Enjirô I
Isogai Namie	Bandô Jusaburô III
Shigenobu's wife Oseki	Nakamura Shibajaku IV
Matsui Saburô	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

April 1916: Nakamura Kotarô II took the name of Nakamura Fukusuke V at the Kabukiza.

August 1917: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" was produced for the first time at the Kabukiza, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Danshichi Kurobê	Jitsukawa Enjaku II
Issun Tokubê	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Tsuribune Sabu	Nakamura Karoku III
Otatsu	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Mikawaya Giheiji	Ichikawa Danshirô II
Okaji	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

October 1918: Ichikawa Yaozô VII and Ichikawa Matsuo I respectively took the names of Ichikawa Chûsha VII and Ichikawa Yaozô VIII at the Kabukiza.

September 1919: premiere at the Kabukiza of the Kiyomoto-based dance "Sumidagawa", a Nô adapted for Kabuki by Yamazaki Shikô with a musical accompaniment made by Kiyomoto Umekichi II and inspired by Russian ballets seen by Ichikawa Ennosuke II during his European study tour. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hanjo-no-Mae	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
The boatman	Ichikawa Danshirô II
The spirit of Umewakamaru	Ichikawa Danko II
A traveller	Ichikawa Kodayû II

October 1921: premiere at the Kabukiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Ôsakajô". The leading role of Lady Yodo (Yodogimi) was played by Nakamura Utaemon V.

30 October 1921: the Kabukiza was burnt to the ground in a fire caused by an electrical short circuit.

1 September 1923 (11:58 AM): Tôkyô was destroyed by a powerful earthquake called Kantô Daijishin, which killed more than 200,000 people; the Kabukiza was burnt to ashes.

January 1925: reopening of the Kabukiza.

April 1926: premiere at the Kabukiza of Matsui Shôô's drama "Yodogimi Odawara-jin". The leading role of Lady Yodo (Yodogimi) was played by Nakamura Utaemon V.

July 1926: premiere at the Kabukiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Gonza to Sukejû", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Gonza	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Sukejû	Ichikawa Sadanji II
The landlord Rokurobê	Nakamura Kichiemon I
Sukehachi	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Okan	Ichikawa Shôchô II

July 1927: premiere at the Kabukiza of "Shunshoku Ume Goyomi", an adaptation to Kabuki by the playwright Kimura Kinka of Tamenaga Shunsui's 1833 novel, which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Karakotoya Tanjirô	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
The geisha Yonehachi	Onoe Baikô VI
The geisha Adahachi	Sawamura Sôjûrô VII

June 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of Okamura Shikô's dance-drama "Maboroshi Wankyû", starring Onoe Kikugorô VI in the role of Wan'ya Kyûbê.

September 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kimura Tomiko's Tokiwazu-based dance "Koma", with a choreography and a musical accompaniment made by Hanayagi Jusuke II and Tokiwazu Mojibê III; the leading role was played by Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

June 1929: revival at the Kabukiza of the dance "Gannin Bôzu", which was premiered in the 3rd lunar month of 1811 by Bandô Mitsugorô III. It was staged under the title "Ukare Bôzu". The role of the bonze look-alike beggar was played by the star Onoe Kikugorô VI, who used a different musical accompaniment, written by Kiyomoto Enjudayû V.

November 1929: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kan U", belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban collection. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo, later the Chinese general Kan U	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Hatakeyama no Shigetada, later the Chinese general Chô Hi	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru	Ichikawa Shôen
Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

November 1928: premiere at the Kabukiza of Oka Onitarô's dance-drama "Kakuju Senzai", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
A young samurai, later a male crane	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
A princess, later a female crane	Onoe Kikugorô VI
A farmer	Ichimura Kakitsu VII
An artisan	Ichikawa Omezô IV
A merchant	Nakamura Fukusuke V
A boy	Onoe Ushinosuke IV
A boy	Onoe Ukon I
A boy	Kataoka Jûzô V
A girl	Nakamura Kotarô III
A girl	Bandô Kamesaburô III
A boy	Onoe Makoto
A girl	Onoe Umetarô
A girl	Ichimura Tarô

April 1932: premiere at the Kabukiza of Mayama Seika's drama "Yoritomo no Shi", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hôjô Masako	Nakamura Utaemon V
Minamoto no Yoriie	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Ôe Hiromoto	Kataoka Nizaemon XII
Hatakeyama Shigeyasu	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
Kosuô	Ichikawa Shôchô II

April 1932: premiere at the Kabukiza of Mayama Seika's ninjômono drama "Edoe Ryôgoku Hakkei" (commonly called "Arakawa no Sakichi"), which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Arakawa no Sakichi	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Shôki no Nihê, Sagamiya Masagorô	Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
The rônin Narikawa Gôemon	Ichikawa Sadanji II
The daiku Tatsugorô	Ôtani Tomoemon VI
Oshin	Bandô Shûchô III
Oyae	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Sumida no Seigorô	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
Gokuraku Tokubê	Ichikawa Arajirô II
Emaya Jûsaku's daughter Osode	Ichimura Kakitsu VII
Emaya Jûsaku	Bandô Mitsugorô VII
The buraikan Ago no Gonroku	Bandô Hikosaburô VI
Oshin's son Unokichi	Bandô Keizô I
Yagurashita no Genji	Ichimura Kamezô III
The tobigashira Hikojirô	Ichikawa Sashô II

June 1932: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Irezumi Chôhan", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hantarô	Onoe Kikugorô VI
Onaka	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Masagorô	Ichimura Uzaemon XV

November 1932: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Gedatsu", a rarely-staged play belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban. The script was written by Yamazaki Shikô and it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo	Ichikawa Sanshô V
Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada	Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
Ema no Koshirô Yoshitoki	Onoe Kikugorô VI
The priest Mongaku	Bandô Hikosaburô VI
Taira no Munemori's son Kiyosada	Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki	Onoe Izaburô

February 1934: premiere at the Kabukiza of "Ôishi Saigo no Ichinichi", the tenth and last play of Mayama Seika's cycle "Genroku Chûshingura", which was staged from the 1st to the 25th of February with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôishi Kuranosuke	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Isogai Jûrôzaemon	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
Chikamatsu Kanroku	Ichikawa Kuzô IV
Tominomori Sukeemon	Nakamura Shikaku II
Yada Gorôemon	Ichimura Kakitsu VII
Ôishi Sezaemon	Ichikawa Somegorô V
Hosokawa Naiki	Nakamura Moshio IV
Araki Jûzaemon	Nakamura Kichiemon I
Hisanaga Naiki	Ichikawa Komazô IX
The bonze Tokuan	Nakamura Matagorô II
Horiuchi Den'emon	Sawamura Tosshi VIII
Shizuma, in reality Omino	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Horibe Yahê	Nakamura Kichinojô I
Akabane Genzô	Ichimura Kamezô III
Murai Gembei	Ichikawa Sashô II

April 1934: revival at the Kabukiza of "Oshimodoshi", a spectacular and short drama belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban; Ichikawa Sanshô V played the role of the demon-queller.

July 1934: premiere with a Kabuki troupe at the Kabukiza of Hasegawa Shin's 1928 drama "Kutsukake Tokijirô", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kutsukake Tokijirô	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Sanzô's nyôbô Okinu	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Mutsuda no Sanzô, Yasubê's nyôbô Oroku	Ôtani Tomoemon VI
The oyabun Hacchôtoku	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
Tomaya no Hantarô	Sawamura Tosshi VIII
Isome no Kamakichi, the oyabun Shôtengon	Ichikawa Arajirô II
Sanzô's son Tarokichi	Ichikawa Takashi I
Yasubê	Ichikawa Sashô II
The bakuto Ônogi no Hyakusuke	Ichimura Kamezô III

March 1935: premiere at the Kabukiza of the danmari "Otowa-ga-Dake Danmari", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tenmei Yashatarô	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
The sanzoku Harimoto Kesagorô	Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
Futaara no Iwagorô	Bandô Hikosaburô VI
Ôkubo Tomooki	Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
Yûki Tamonnosuke	Kataoka Gadô IV
Edo Jirô Masayuki	Bandô Mitsugorô VII
Mitsumine Nuinosuke	Ôtani Tomoemon VI
Tamagawa no Okaku	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
The keisei Tsukuba	Bandô Shûchô III
The yakko Datehei, in reality Kiso Yoshikata	Bandô Shinsui VII

September 1935: premiere at the Kabukiza of Uno Nobuo's drama "Kôdan Yomiya no Ame", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ryûtatsu	Onoe Kikugorô VI
Torafugu no Tajû	Ôtani Tomoemon VI
Tajû's nyôbô Oichi	Onoe Taganojô III
Ryûtatsu's daughter Otora	Onoe Kikunosuke III
The hayaokeya Tokubê	Bandô Hikosaburô VI
Tokubê's nyôbô Otoma	Ichikawa Omezô IV
The nezumitori-gusuri uri Katsuzô	Onoe Matsusuke V

April 1936: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Uwanari", a long-forgotten play belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban. The script was written by Yamazaki Shikô and it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Teruhi no Miko, in Reality the ghost of Hatsuka-no-Mae	Ichikawa Sanshô V
Princess Shiragiku	Onoe Kikunosuke III
Tairyô Haruyo	Ôtani Tomoemon VI
The disciple Kingaku	Bandô Shinsui VII
The disciple Gungaku	Ichikawa Somegorô V
Yokawa no Kohijiri	Bandô Hikosaburô VI

May 1936: revival at the Kabukiza of "Nanatsu Men", which used a new script written by Yamazaki Shikô and was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The mask-maker Gagoze Akaemon, in reality Awazu Rokurô Saemon	Ichikawa Sanshô V
Yoshida no Shôshô, in reality the priest Seigen	Ichimura Kakitsu VII
Princess Sakura	Nakamura Fukusuke VI

April 1937: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Fudô", belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban; its was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fudô Myôô	Ichikawa Sanshô V
Chitoseya Miyoshino	Onoe Kikugorô VI
Hayakumo Daijin	Ôtani Tomoemon VI
Hayakumo Tokikaze	Ichikawa Shinnosuke V

November 1938: premiere at the Kabukiza of "Nanbuzaka no Yuki Wakare", the sixth play of Mayama Seika's cycle "Genroku Chûshingura", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôishi Kuranosuke	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Lady Yôzeiin	Kataoka Nizaemon XII
Hagura Itsuki	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
The koshimoto Oume	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Ochiai Yoemon	Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
The koshimoto Miyuki	Suketakaya Kodenji II
Shibukawa Godayû	Nakamura Kichinojô I
The koshimoto Yosame	Nakamura Shikaku II

April 1939: premiere at the Kabukiza of "Fushimi Shumokumachi", the fourth play of Mayama Seika's cycle "Genroku Chûshingura", which was staged from the 1st to the 26th of April 1939, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôishi Kuranosuke	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Matsunojô, later Ôishi Chikara	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
Shindô Hachirôemon	Nakamura Baigyoku III
Ukihashi	Kataoka Nizaemon XII
Ôtaka Gengo	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Horibe Yasubê	Sawamura Tosshi VIII
Fuwa Kazuemon	Kataoka Gatô IV
Onodera Jûnai	Ichikawa Sashô II

May 1940: Ichikawa Komazô IX took the name of Ichikawa Ebizô IX at the Kabukiza, playing the role of role of a uirô peddler, in reality Soga Gorô Tokimune in disguise, in the drama "Uirô Uri", which was revived for this occasion.

June 1942: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kan U", belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban collection. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo, later the Chinese general Kan U	Ichikawa Sanshô V
Hatakeyama no Shigetada, later the Chinese general Chô Hi	Sawamura Sôjûrô VII
Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru	Sawamura Tosshô IV
Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka	Ichikawa Arajirô II

10 March 1945 (00:08 AM): 344 US Army B29 bombers dropped 2,000 tons of bombs on Tôkyô, killing more than 120,000 people and destroying almost everything; the Kabukiza was burnt to ashes.

January 1951: the Kabukiza reopened.

April 1951: Nakamura Shikan VI took the name of Nakamura Utaemon VI at the Kabukiza.

July 1951: Ichikawa Jukai III, Ichikawa Sumizô VII and Ichikawa Raizô VIII celebrated their shûmei in Tôkyô at the Kabukiza.

July 1951: premiere at the Kabukiza of Uno Nobuo's drama "Jiisan Baasan", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Minobe Iori	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Iori's wife Run	Nakamura Tokizô III
Iori's son Kyûya	Ichikawa Shôen II
Kyûya's wife Kiku	Ichikawa Shôchô III
Run's brother Kyûemon	Ichikawa Yaozô VIII
Shimojima Jin'emon	Sawamura Tosshi VIII

("Jiisan Baasan" was also premiered in July 1951 in Ôsaka at the Ôsaka Kabukiza [casting])

July 1952: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hôjô Hideji's drama "Kitsune to Fuefuki", which was staged with the following actors:

Roles	Actors
Harukata	Ichikawa Jukai III
Tomone	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Hideto	Ichimura Uzaemon XVI
Akinobu	Ichikawa Yaozô VIII
Natsumasa	Sawamura Tanosuke V
Teruyoshi	Iwai Hanshirô X
Sokumitsu	Ichikawa Raizô VIII
Fuyutoshi	Matsumoto Komagorô I
Ôna	Bandô Shûchô IV

October 1952: premiere at the Kabukiza of Osaragi Jirô's drama "Wakaki Hi no Nobunaga", which was staged with the following actors:

Roles	Actors
Nobunaga	Ichikawa Ebizô IX
Yayoi	Onoe Baikô VII
Hirate Masahide	Onoe Shôroku II
Kinoshita Tôkichirô	Ichikawa Sadanji III

November 1952: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kema Nanboku's revision of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi"; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Mohei	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Osan	Nakamura Utaemon VI
The daikyôji Ishun	Ichikawa Yaozô VIII
Otama	Kataoka Roen V
The bantô Sukeemon	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII

March 1953: premiere at the Kabukiza of Osaragi Jirô's drama "Edo no Yûbae", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The hatamoto Honda Koroku	Ichikawa Ebizô IX
The hatamoto Dômae Daikichi	Onoe Shôroku II
The geisha Oriki	Onoe Baikô VII
Otose	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
The hatamoto Matsudaira Kamon	Ichikawa Sadanji III
The old boatman Shinbê	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô II
Okin	Onoe Taganojô III
Yoshida Ippeita	Bandô Hikosaburô VII
Amitoku's daughter Ochô	Ôkawa Hashizô II
The hatamoto Sekine Mondonojô	Sawamura Tanosuke V
Kamon's wife Omura	Nakamura Shikaku II
Tokumatsu	Bandô Mitsunobu
Kuroiwa Dennai	Kataoka Ichizô V
A boatman	Kawarasaki Gonzaburô IV
The sobaya master Ichibê	Ichikawa Arajirô II
The hatamoto Uchikoshi Ikunosuke	Suketakaya Kodenji II

June 1953: Ichikawa Yaozô VIII and Matsumoto Komagorô I respectively took the names of Ichikawa Chûsha VIII and Ichikawa Yaozô IX at the Kabukiza.

September 1953: Sawamura Tosshô IV and his son Sawamura Genpei VI respectively took the names of Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII and Sawamura Tosshô V at the Kabukiza.

March 1954: premiere at the Kabukiza of the 1st part of Funahashi Seiichi's drama "Ejima Ikushima", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ikushima Shingorô	Ichikawa Ebizô IX
The chûrô Ejima	Onoe Baikô VII
The sokushitsu Gekkôin	Ichikawa Sadanji III
Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Onoe Shôroku II
Manabe Echizen-no-Kami Akifusa	Bandô Hikosaburô VII
The zamoto Yamamura Chôdayû V	Onoe Kurôemon II
The yatsu yûjo Osome	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
The chûrô Matsuyama	Ôkawa Hashizô II
The chûrô Miyaji	Kawarasaki Gonzaburô IV
The okuishi Kôchikuin	Onoe Koisaburô III
The tsubone Takiyama	Nakamura Shikaku II
The rôjo Tamatsubaki	Onoe Taganojô III
The ukiyoeshi Debaya Genshichi	Kataoka Ichizô V
Ejima's brother Tejima Heihachirô	Kataoka Daisuke
Okuyama Kinai's daughter Tomone	Sawamura Yoshijirô IV
The head of nakai Mizunoe	Onoe Kikuzô VI
A kôken	Bandô Mitsunobu
Miuraya Sôbê	Suketakaya Kodenji II
The chaya nyôbô Otetsu	Sawamura Tetsunosuke IV
Okuyama Kinai	Bandô Shinzô III

March 1954: first edition at the Kabukiza from the 27th to the 28th of March of the Tsubomikai, a study group led by Nakamura Utaemon VI:

Play	Casting
Matinée
Tenmangû Natane no Gokû (Sukune Tarô Yakata)	Nakamura Matagorô II, Nakamura Shibajaku VI, Bandô Keizô I, Sawamura Tosshô V, Nakamura Fukusuke V, Ichikawa Dannosuke VI, Nakamura Mannojô, Ichikawa Kuzô V, Nakamura Kichijûrô II
Tora Gozen	Nakamura Utaemon VI, Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII, Nakamura Matagorô II, Nakamura Fukusuke V, Bandô Keizô I, Sawamura Tosshô V, Nakamura Shibajaku VI, Ichikawa Dannosuke VI, Nakamura Mannosuke, Ichikawa Kuzô V, Nakamura Kichijûrô II, Matsumoto Somenosuke
Oshi no Fusuma Koi no Mutsugoto	Nakamura Utaemon VI (the keisei Kisegawa, the spirit of the female mandarin duck), Ichikawa Ebizô IX (Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu, the spirit of the male mandarin duck), Onoe Shôroku II (Matano Gorô Kagehisa)
Evening
Keisei Asama-ga-Dake	Nakamura Utaemon VI (the keisei Ôshû), Nakamura Matagorô II (the kagokaki Sakubê, in reality the karô Hanaoka Wadaemon), Iwai Hanshirô X (the kagokaki Shichibê, in reality, Ozasa Tomoenojô), Sawamura Tosshô V (Otowa-no-Mae), Ichikawa Somegorô VI (the kamuro Mojino), Nakamura Mannojô (the koshimoto Miyono), Ichikawa Kuzô V (the tsubone Matsugae), Nakamura Kichijûrô II (Fugen'in)
Imayô Suma no Utsushie	Nakamura Utaemon VI (the ama Matsukaze), Nakamura Fukusuke VII (the ama Murasame), Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (Ariwara no Yukihira, the ryôshi Konohê)
Yuki Onna	Nakamura Utaemon VI, Onoe Shôroku II, Bandô Keizô I, Bandô Hikosaburô VII, Nakamura Kichijûrô II

July 1954: revival at the Kabukiza of the dance-drama "Oshidori" as part of a regular Kabuki program; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The keisei Kisegawa, the spirit of the female mandarin duck	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu, the spirit of the male mandarin duck	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Matano Gorô Kagehisa	Morita Kan'ya XIV

October 1954: premiere at the Kabukiza of the 2nd part of Funahashi Seiichi's drama "Ejima Ikushima", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ikushima Shingorô	Ichikawa Ebizô IX
The chûrô Ejima	Onoe Baikô VII
Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Onoe Shôroku II
Ikushima Shingorô's younger sister Utsu	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
Yamamura Chôdayû V	Onoe Kurôemon II
The chûrô Miyaji	Kawarasaki Gonzaburô IV
The okuishi Kôchikuin	Onoe Koisaburô III
Takii Hanshirô	Sawamura Gennosuke V
The rôjo Tamatsubaki	Onoe Taganojô III
The tsubone Takiyama	Nakamura Shikaku II
Fujimura Handayû II	Ôkawa Hashizô II
The head of nakai Mizunoe	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Meakashi Tanekichi	Kataoka Ichizô V
Seishichi, a young employee at the Yamamuraza	Bandô Mitsunobu
A wakazô	Kataoka Daisuke
A wakazô	Kataoka Hidekimi
The heyago Tomone	Sawamura Yoshijirô IV
The gofukushi Gotô Nuinosuke	Suketakaya Kodenji II
A bettô	Kataoka Ainosuke V

November 1954: premiere at the Kabukiza of Mishima Yukio's comical play "Iwashi Uri Koi no Hikiami", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sarugenji	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Hotarubi (in reality the Princess of Tankaku Castle)	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Ebina Naamidabutsu	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
The proprietor	Ichikawa Danzô VIII

February 1955: second edition at the Kabukiza from the 24th to the 27th of February of the Tsubomikai, a study group led by Nakamura Utaemon VI. It included the revival of Sakurada Jisuke I's dance-drama "Kumo no Hyôshimai" (entitled "Waga Sekogakoi no Aizuchi"), the premiere of Mishima Yukio's dance-drama "Yuya" and the drama "Tenshu Monogatari", which was staged for the first time with Kabuki actors:

Play	Casting
Matinée
Tenshu Monogatari	Nakamura Utaemon VI (Princess Tomi), Morita Kan'ya XIV (Zushonosuke), Nakamura Senjaku II (Princess Kame), Ichikawa Danzô VIII (Ôminojô Tôroku), Nakamura Shikaku II (Shitanaga Uba), Nakamura Matagorô II (Susuki), Nakamura Fukusuke V (Shu-no-Banbô)
Yuya	Nakamura Utaemon VI (Yuya), Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (Taira Munemori) Ichikawa Danzô VIII (the sôjô Tanshin), Nakamura Senjaku II (Asagao), Ichikawa Komazô X (the jijo Sawarabi), Sawamura Tosshô V (the jijo Wakana)
Tsubame	Nakamura Matagorô II, Ichikawa Komazô X, Sawamura Tosshô V
Evening
Waga Sekogakoi no Aizuchi	Nakamura Utaemon VI (the shirabyôshi Tsumagiku, in reality the spirit of a ground spider), Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII (Sakata Kintoki), Nakamura Matagorô II (Usui Sadamitsu), Nakamura Shibajaku VI (the catfish woman Oden), Ichikawa Komazô X (the catfish priest Raiun), Sawamura Tosshô V (a female page, in reality a ground spider), Ichikawa Somegorô VI (a female page, in reality a ground spider)
Setsubun	Nakamura Utaemon VI, Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Môshû	Nakamura Utaemon VI, Nakamura Senjaku II, Ichikawa Danzô VIII, Nakamura Matagorô II

March 1955: premiere at the Kabukiza of the 3rd (and last) part of Funahashi Seiichi's drama "Ejima Ikushima", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ikushima Shingorô	Ichikawa Ebizô IX
The chûrô Ejima	Onoe Baikô VII
The sokushitsu Gekkôin	Ichikawa Sadanji III
Arai Hakuseki, Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Onoe Shôroku II
Ikushima Shingorô's younger sister Utsu	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
The okuishi Kôchikuin	Onoe Koisaburô III
The chûrô Matsuyama, Fujimura Handayû II	Ôkawa Hashizô II
Akimoto Tajima-no-Kami, Kido Jûbê Katsumasa	Bandô Hikosaburô VII
Ii Kamon-no-Kami, the rôjo Tamatsubaki	Onoe Taganojô III
The tsubone Takiyama, Kuze Yamato-no-Kami	Nakamura Shikaku II
Tsuchiya Sagami-no-Kami	Kataoka Ichizô V
Matsudaira Izu-no-Kami	Bandô Mitsunobu
Hori Tango-no-Kami, a tekomai performer	Kataoka Hidekimi
A wakadoshiyori, a tobi	Kataoka Daisuke
Inoue Kôchi-no-Kami	Bandô Shûchô IV
Abe Bungo-no-Kami	Suketakaya Kodenji II

July 1955: Kataoka Roen V took the name of Kataoka Gadô V at the Kabukiza.

October 1955: Bandô Hikosaburô VII took the name of Ichimura Uzaemon XVII at the Kabukiza.

July 1956: revival at the Kabukiza of the michiyuki "Chô no Michiyuki"; the roles of Komaki and Sukekuni were played by Nakamura Utaemon VI and Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII. Revival at the Kabukiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Sumidagawa Hana no Goshozome", which was commonly called "Onna Seigen", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Princess Hanako, the Shinkiyomizu ama Seigen, the ghost of the nun Seigen	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Sarushima no Sôta	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Yoshida Matsuwakamaru	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Awazu Rokuemon Toshikane	Bandô Mitsugorô VII
Gunsuke	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
The Shinkiyomizu chief priest Todorokibô	Ichikawa Danzô VIII
The watashimori Otsuna	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Princess Sakura	Ichikawa Komazô X
Matsuyoi	Nakamura Matagorô II
The yakko Tobahei	Ichimura Kakitsu VIII
The tsubone Sanuki	Nakamura Shikaku II
Ôtomo Hitachinosuke Yorikuni, Arai Kitôta	Ichikawa Kuzô V
The yakko Sudahei	Nakamura Fukusuke V

September 1956: revival at the Kabukiza of the Kiyomoto version of the dance "Takao Zange" in which Nakamura Utaemon VI played the role of the ghost of the keisei Takao.

November 1959: revival at the Kabukiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô". The new script, which was based on Iwaya Shin'ichi's script for "Tôryû Azuma Bunshô" (more details), was revised by Mishima Yukio. It was is produced under its original title with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The priest Seigen, Tsurigane no Gonsuke, Shinobu no Sôta	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Princess Sakura, Fûrin Ohime	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Tsunaemon	Ichikawa Danzô VIII
Matsui Gengo	Ichikawa Sumizô VII
The priest Zangetsu	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
Awazu Shichirô, Sentarô	Nakamura Matagorô II
Iruma Akugorô	Ichikawa Yaozô IX
Katsushika no Ojû	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Nagaura	Nakamura Shikaku II

January 1960: premiere (or revival?) at the Kabukiza of the dance "Kuruwa Sanbasô", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The keisei Chitosedayû	Nakamura Utaemon VI
The shinzô Umezato	Kataoka Gadô V
The taiko mochi Tôchû	Morita Kan'ya XIV

February 1960: premiere at the Kabukiza of Uno Nobuo's drama "Shiranui Kengyô", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The fishmonger Shichibei, the masseur Tominoichi, later Shiranui Kengyô II	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Kurakichi, later Kôkichi	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Tobaya Tanji	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
Tobaya Tamatarô	Jitsukawa Enjirô II
Iwai Tôjûrô	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Shichibei's wife Oshin	Ichikawa Shôchô III
Iwai's okugata Namie	Kataoka Gadô V
Yushima no Ohan	Nakamura Shibajaku VI
Shiranui Kengyô I	Ichikawa Danzô VIII
Ohan's mother Omoto	Onoe Taganojô III
Otsuma	Nakamura Shikaku II
The young master Chôjirô	Ichimura Kakitsu VIII
Fusagorô	Nakamura Matagorô II
Shô-no-Ichi	Ichikawa Somegorô VI
Kanji	Nakamura Kichijûrô II
Kakuzô	Kataoka Ainosuke V
Oran	Ichikawa Dannosuke VI
Ishizuka Kinai	Matsumoto Komagorô II

April 1960: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hagiwara Yukio's dance-drama "Onizoroi Momijigari", which was part of a program celebrating the shûmei of Nakamura Tokizô IV and commemorating the 1st anniversary (2nd memorial service) of late Nakamura Tokizô III; the music was performed by a Tokiwazu ensemble by Tokiwazu Chitosedayû and Tokiwazu Kikusaburô and a Nagauta ensemble (performing Ôzatsuma) led by Yoshimura Gorôji II and Tanaka Denzaemon XI; there was also a Gidayû ensemble; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Princess Sarashina, in reality the female demon of Mount Togakushi	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Taira no Koremochi	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
The shitennô Ueda Tarô Yoshiharu	Nakamura Fukusuke V
The shitennô Komoro Jirô Mitsusada	Ichikawa Kuzô V
The shitennô Usunaga Saburô Akimune	Nakamura Kichijûrô II
The shitennô Takatô Shirô Kaneyoshi	Ichikawa Yaozô IX
The messenger from the God of the Otokoyama Hachiman shrine Chiakihiko	Kagaya Fukunosuke I
The messenger from the God of the Otokoyama Hachiman shrine Hyakuakihiko	Kagaya Hashinosuke
A female retainer, in reality a female demon	Nakamura Matagorô II
A female retainer, in reality a female demon	Ichikawa Shôchô III
A female retainer, in reality a female demon	Ichikawa Komazô X
A female retainer, in reality a female demon	Sawamura Tosshô V
A female retainer, in reality a female demon	Ichikawa Danko III
The attendant Yukirôta	Ichimura Kakitsu VIII
The attendant Tsukirôgo	Nakamura Tôtarô

April 1962: Ichikawa Ebizô IX took the name of Ichikawa Danjûrô XI at the Kabukiza.

June 1962: revival at the Kabukiza under the supervision of Takechi Tetsuji of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Keisei Yamato Zôshi", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kanzaemon's sister Komaki, Momonoi's daughter Princess Yayoi	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Gunjibê's son Kondô Sukekuni, Kitabatake Yukienosuke	Onoe Baikô VII
Koshino Kanzaemon	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Kondô Gunjibê	Bandô Minosuke VI
Komaki's mother Higaki	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Higaki's daughter Oume	Nakamura Tamatarô III
Gonbê	Ichikawa Dannosuke VI
Denbê	Ichikawa Sabunji II
Tokubê	Kagaya Utazô
The bantô Hachizô	Kataoka Ainosuke V

September 1962: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for 3 generations of actors belonging to the Yamatoya guild (Yamatoya Sandai Shûmei); Bandô Minosuke VI took the name of Bandô Mitsugorô VIII, Bandô Yasosuke IV became Bandô Minosuke VII and Bandô Yasosuke V made his first appearance on stage.

November 1962: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Fudô", belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sakuramachi Kiyofusa, Fudô Myôô	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Hayakumo Daijin	Jitsukawa Enjirô II
Chitoseya Miyoshino	Ôtani Tomoemon VII
Hayakumo Tokikaze	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
The karô Hata no Minbu	Onoe Kurôemon II
The yakko Kiyohei, in reality the onmyôji Abe no Kiyotsura	Bandô Minosuke VII
The koshimoto Tsuruha, in reality Kumedera Danjô's sister Matsugae	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
The shôya's daughter Otsumi	Sawamura Yoshijirô IV
The shôya	Ichikawa Kuzô V
One of Hayakumo's retainers	Ichikawa Yaozô IX
One of Hayakumo's retainers	Nakamura Fukusuke V

May 1963: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Omodakaya guild; Ichikawa Ennosuke II, Ichikawa Danko III and Ichikawa Kamejirô I respectively took the names of Ichikawa En'ô I, Ichikawa Ennosuke III and Ichikawa Danko IV.

June 1963: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hagiwara Yukio's Nagauta-based dance-drama "Ôeyama Shuten Dôji"; the music was written by Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV and the choreography was made by Fujima Kanjûrô VI; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Shuten Dôji	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Minamoto Yorimitsu (Raikô)	Onoe Shôroku II
Hirai Yasumasa	Onoe Kurôemon II
Watanabe Tsuna	Ichimura Kakitsu VIII
Usui Sadamitsu	Bandô Minosuke VII
Sakata Kintoki	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Urabe Suetake	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Nadeshiko	Nakamura Senjaku II
Sawarabi	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
Wakasa	Ôtani Tomoemon VII

June 1963: revival at the Kabukiza of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Danshichi Mohê	Onoe Shôroku II
The courtesan Otomi	Nakamura Senjaku II
The playwright Namiki Shôzô	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Iwai-buro Jisuke	Bandô Mitsugorô VIII
Daimonjiya Jihê (commonly called Sakai no Daiji)	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Arashi Sangorô	Bandô Minosuke VII
Sawamura Kunitarô	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Jisuke's wife Okaji	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Takaichi Kazuemon	Nakamura Shôjaku
Manriki Ichiemon	Nakamura Fukusuke V
The owner of the Naniwa chaya Kawakyû	Suketakaya Kodenji II
Kyûshichi	Iwai Hanshirô X
The brothel-keeper Gonbê	Ichikawa Yaozô IX

April 1964: Sawamura Yoshijirô IV and his father Sawamura Tanosuke V respectively took the names of Sawamura Tanosuke VI and Sawamura Shozan III at the Kabukiza.

May 1964: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hagiwara Yukio's Nagauta-based dance-drama "Bukaku Setsugekka"; the music was written by Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV and the choreography was made by Fujima Kanjûrô VI; this dance-drama was made up of 3 short dances, the first one being about the spirit of the cherry blossoms ("Sakura"), which symbolized Spring; the second dance was about insects under the full moon ("Matsumushi") which symbolized the autumn; the third dance was about a snowman ("Yuki Daruma Goyomi"), which symbolized Winter; it was staged with a Nagauta ensemble led by Kineya Rokuzaemon XIV and the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The spirit of the cherry blossoms, the insect, the snowman	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
The little insect ("Matsumushi")	Nakamura Kankurô V

September 1964: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Kyôya and Akashiya guilds; Ôtani Tomoemon VII, Ôtani Hirotarô II and Ôtani Hiromatsu I respectively took the names of Nakamura Jakuemon IV, Ôtani Tomoemon VIII and Nakamura Shibajaku VII.

May 1965: shûmei at the Kabukiza for 3 young actors of the Otowaya guild; Onoe Ushinosuke V, Bandô Kamesaburô IV and Onoe Sakon I respectively took the names of Onoe Kikunosuke IV, Bandô Shinsui VIII, and Onoe Tatsunosuke I. The program also commemorated the 16th anniversary (17th memorial service) of the passing away of Onoe Kikugorô VI. Revival at the Kabukiza of the danmari "Otowa-ga-Dake Danmari", which was staged with the following casting:, which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kumokiri Kesatarô	Jitsukawa Enjaku III
Tenmei Yashagorô	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Ôuchi's daughter Princess Teru	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Tamagawa no Okane	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Ôkubo Tomooki	Ichikawa Danzô VIII
Ôtsuki Shuzen	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Kusakiri's daughter Otaki	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Futaara no Iwagorô	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Mitsumine Nuinosuke	Bandô Minosuke VII
Edo Jirô Masayuki	Kataoka Ichizô V
Yûki Tamonnosuke	Kataoka Roen VI
The yakko Tsumahei	Bandô Kichiya II
The keisei Tsukuba	Bandô Shûchô IV
Yamaguchi Genba	Ôtani Bunzô II

February 1967: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hagiwara Yukio's dance-drama "Dattan", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The priest Shûkei	Onoe Shôroku II
The woman of the blue cloth	Onoe Baikô VII
The dôdôji	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
A rengyôshû	Bandô Minosuke VII
A rengyôshû	Ichikawa Omezô V
A rengyôshû	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
A rengyôshû	Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI
A rengyôshû	Ichikawa Somegorô VI
A rengyôshû	Nakamura Kichiemon II
A rengyôshû	Ichikawa Komazô X
A rengyôshû	Onoe Kikuzô VI
A rengyôshû	Bandô Kichiya II
A rengyôshû	Ichikawa Ginnosuke I
A rengyôshû	Matsumoto Kingo III
A young temple attendant	Nakamura Yonekichi IV

April 1967: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Narikomaya and Kagaya guilds; Nakamura Fukusuke VII, Kagaya Fukunosuke II, Kagaya Hashinosuke II and Nakamura Tamatarô III respectively took the names of Nakamura Shikan VII, Nakamura Fukusuke VIII, Nakamura Matsue V and Nakamura Tôzô VI; Shikan's son Nakamura Kotarô V made his first stage appearance.

July 1968: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kama-ga-Fuchi Futatsu Domoe", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ishikawa Goemon	Jitsukawa Enjaku III
Goemon's wife Otaki	Nakamura Shikan VII
Iwaki Hyôbu	Ichikawa Yaozô IX
Hayano Yatôji	Iwai Hanshirô X
Iwaki Tômanojô	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Kobuna Gengorô	Ichikawa Omezô V
Goemon's son Goroichi	Nakamura Kotarô V
Otaki's father Sanni Gorobê	Ichikawa Shôhaku

May 1969: Ichikawa Danko IV took the name of Ichikawa Danshirô IV at the Kabukiza.

November 1969: Ichikawa Shinnosuke VI took the name of Ichikawa Ebizô X at the Kabukiza.

December 1969: revival at the Kabukiza of the Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Kumo no Ito Azusa no Yumihari", which was staged as part of a special program centered on Ôkawa Hashizô II (and his son Ôkawa Tatsugorô who made his debut on stage). Here was the casting:

Roles	Actors
The zatô Utashichi, the keisei Usugumo, the Spirit of the Spider (kumo no sei)	Ôkawa Hashizô II
Minamoto Yorimitsu	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Sakata Kintoki	Ichikawa Omezô V
Usui Sadamitsu	Bandô Shinsui VIII
The young girl Kagami	Ôkawa Tatsugorô

May 1972: Bandô Shinsui VIII and Ichimura Takematsu V respectively took the name of Bandô Kamezô II and Ichimura Manjirô II at the Kabukiza.

September 1972: Ichimura Takenojô VI took the prestigious name of Nakamura Tomijûrô V at the Kabukiza.

October 1973: Onoe Kikunosuke IV took the name of Onoe Kikugorô VII at the Kabukiza.

February 1975: premiere at the Kabukiza of Ikenami Shôtarô's drama "Debauchi Otama", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Debauchi Otama	Onoe Baikô VII
Masuda Shôzô	Onoe Shôroku II
Mori Tôjûrô	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Donden no Shinsuke	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Ômiya Yohê	Kataoka Ichizô V
Yoshinoya Oroku	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Mitsui Heinosuke	Bandô Kichiya II
Ofusa	Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
The izakaya master Jingorô	Ichimura Yoshigorô II
The chaya customer Sakichi	Kataoka Roen VI
The young man Yatarô	Ichimura Tsuruzô
The jochû Okane	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Kikyôya Ibê	Suketakaya Kodenji II
The oshô Kôen	Bandô Kôtarô
The bonze Sôen	Sawamura Shônosuke

February 1976: revival at the Kabukiza of a 5-act revised version of Funahashi Seiichi's drama "Ejima Ikushima", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ikushima Shingorô	Ichikawa Ebizô X
Ohatsu, later the chûrô Ejima	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Manabe Echizen-no-Kami Akifusa	Bandô Kamezô II
The sokushitsu Gekkôin	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
The okuishi Kôchikuin	Bandô Minosuke VII
The lady-in-waiting Miyaji	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Tamatsubaki	Onoe Kikuzô VI
The zamoto Yamamura Chôdayû V	Ichikawa Omezô V
Tsugaya Zenroku	Kataoka Ichizô V
Osai	Ichimura Manjirô II
Ikushima Shingorô's younger sister Utsu	Ichikawa Unosuke III
Seishichi, a young employee at the Yamamuraza	Ichimura Tsuruzô
Okuyama Kinai	Ichikawa Ginnosuke I
Mizunoe	Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
Suzukawa	Suketakaya Kodenji II
Tamagawa	Ichikawa Kuzô V
Shirai Heiemon	Sawamura Shônosuke
Tomone	Okamura Seitarô^[1]

September 1976: Sawamura Tosshô V took the name of Sawamura Sôjûrô IX at the Kabukiza.

February 1977: premiere at the Kabukiza of Ikenami Shôtarô's drama "Ichimatsu Kozô no Onna", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ochiyo	Onoe Baikô VII
Ichimatsu Kozô no Matakichi	Nakamura Matagorô II
Shimaya Jûemon	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
The dôshin Nagai Yogorô	Onoe Shôroku II
The pickpocket Sentarô	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Okichi	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Oyuki	Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Moritaya Hikotarô	Iwai Hanshirô X
The rônin Ôkubo Kanzô	Kataoka Ichizô V
Gonbê's wife Okane	Onoe Taganojô III
The bushi Ôsawa Rokunosuke	Ichimura Tsuruzô
The hyakushô Gonbê	Suketakaya Kodenji II
The ôbantô Ihê	Sawamura Shônosuke
The bantô Kumeshirô	Nakamura Matazô II
The tedai Yoshitarô	Yamazaki Gon'ichi
The tedai Seikichi	Onoe Kikujûrô IV
The doctor Yamada Ryôan	Onoe Shinshichi V
The sakanaya Shinkichi	Onoe Tagazô III
The jochû Osono	Onoe Fujaku X

July 1977: revival at the Kabukiza of Katsu Genzô III's drama "Ogasawara Sôdô", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Inugami Hyôbu, Okada Ryôsuke, the yakko Kikuhei (in reality the fox of Mt. Myôjin)	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Ogasawara Tôtômi-no-Kami	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Koheiji	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Ogasawara Haito	Nakamura Yonekichi IV
Odai-no-Kata, Ohaya	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Ogasawara Buzen-no-Kami	Ichikawa Omezô V

February 1978: premiere at the Kabukiza of Ikenami Shôtarô's drama "Aibiki no Onna", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Okinaya Otoku	Onoe Baikô VII
The Tamanoo teishu Chôbê	Onoe Shôroku II
Okinaya Nihê	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Itô Genzaburô	Ichikawa Ebizô X
The Chôenji young bonze Kakujun	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Izutsuya Shôshichi	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
The Tamanoo clerk Jisuke	Bandô Minosuke VII
The Okinaya tedai Bunkichi	Okamura Seitarô
The tedai Seitarô	Ichikawa Ginnosuke I
Otatsu	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Tomoeya Kôemon	Sawamura Shônosuke
Ômiya Jûzô	Onoe Kikuzô VI
The old clerk Yahê	Ichimura Tsuruzô
Oseki	Iwai Hanshirô X

February 1979: Ichikawa Omezô V took the name of Ichikawa Sadanji IV at the Kabukiza.

February 1980: Bandô Kamezô II took the name of Bandô Hikosaburô VIII at the Kabukiza.

July 1980: tôshi kyôgen production of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" at the Kabukiza; Ichikawa Ennosuke III created and staged as a large-scale tachimawari the never-performed 5th act of this drama with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Satô Shirobyôe Tadanobu	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan, in reality Taira no Noritsune	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Minamoto no Yoshitsune	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Shizuka Gozen	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Kamei Rokurô Shigekiyo	Nakamura Yonekichi IV
Kataoka Hachirô Kiyoshige	Ichikawa Koyone II
Ise Saburô Yoshimori	Nakamura Shinjirô
Suruga Jirô Kiyoshige	Ichikawa Ukon
Washinoo no Saburô Yoshihisa	Bandô Yajûrô

June 1981: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Yorozuya guild; Nakamura Yonekichi IV, Nakamura Baishi III, Nakamura Mitsuteru and Ogawa Mikihiro respectively took the names of Nakamura Karoku V, Nakamura Tokizô V, Nakamura Kashô III and Nakamura Shidô II.

July 1981: revival at the Kabukiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Hitori Tabi Gojûsan Tsugi", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yurugi Daigaku, the umakata Sankichi (in reality Tanba Yohachirô), Omatsu, Osan (in reality the spirit of the Cat Demon), the hinin Edobei, the ghost of Omatsu, Nippon Daemon (in reality Tanba Yohachirô), the decchi Chôkichi, Shinanoya Ohan, the courtesan Yukino, Okinu, Benten Kozô Kikunosuke, Dote no Dôtetsu, Oshige, the tobi boss Masakichi, the thunder, a ferryman, Kimon no Kihê, Dote no Oroku	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Tsuruya Nanboku IV	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Akabori Mizuemon	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Yui Minbunosuke, Nakano Tôsuke	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Ishii Sanai	Bandô Hikosaburô VIII
Osode	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
The onna hinin Ohagi	Sawamura Tôjûrô II
Ishii Hanjirô	Nakamura Karoku V
Ippei	Nakamura Kashô III
Princess Shigenoi	Nakamura Tokizô V
The koshimoto Fujinami, Denkichi	Nakamura Shinjirô
Akabori Kandayû	Ichimura Yoshigorô II
Akabori Gengo, Akabaneya Jirosaku	Kataoka Roen VI
Kurihara Tanzô	Nakamura Kangorô XIII
Onami	Sawamura Gennosuke V
Yajirobê	Nakamura Shirogorô VII
Kitahachi	Nakamura Sukegorô IV
The bonze Gantetsu, Kikugawa Heima, the kagokaki Matahachi	Arashi Kanjûrô VI
Nadaroku	Ichikawa Juen II
The koshimoto Wakana	Ichikawa Koyone II
Okon	Sawamura Tôsha
Oshima	Sawamura Komondo IV
The hunter Gakeshichi	Kataoka Matsunosuke IV
The servant Danroku, Hanekawa Kyûma, the kagokaki Shôroku	Nakamura Tarô II

October 1981: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for 3 generations of actors belonging to the Kôraiya guild (Kôraiya Sandai Shûmei); Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII, Ichikawa Somegorô VI, Matsumoto Kintarô III, Ichikawa Nakanosuke III and Ichikawa Momomaru respectively took the names of Matsumoto Hakuô, Matsumoto Kôshirô IX, Ichikawa Somegorô VII, Matsumoto Kôemon and Ichikawa Shinsha II.

October 1982: premiere at the Kabukiza of the Kiyomoto-based dôjôjimono "Bungo Dôjôji", which starred Nakamura Jakuemon IV.

April 1985: Ichikawa Ebizô X took the name of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII at the Kabukiza.

August 1990: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Kaidan Chibusa no Enoki", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hishikawa Shigenobu, the ghost of Shigenobu, the servant Shôsuke, Uwabami no Sanji	Nakamura Kankurô V
Isogai Namie	Nakamura Hashinosuke III
Shigenobu's wife Oseki	Sawamura Tôjûrô II
Matsui Saburô	Bandô Yasosuke V
The fan-maker Takeroku	Ichimura Tsuruzô
The shôya of the village of Ochiai	Matsumoto Kingo III
Yorozuya Shinbê	Onoe Kikuzô VI
The jûshoku Unkai	Nakamura Nakazô V
Oseki's boy Mayotarô	Nakamura Shichinosuke II

November 1990: Nakamura Senjaku II took the name of Nakamura Ganjirô III at the Kabukiza.

April 1992: Nakamura Fukusuke VIII and Nakamura Kotarô V respectively took the names of Nakamura Baigyoku IV and Nakamura Fukusuke IX at the Kabukiza.

May 1996: Onoe Ushinosuke VI took the name of Onoe Kikunosuke V at the Kabukiza.

August 1996: revival at the Kabukiza of Hôjô Hideji's drama "Korikori Banashi", with a script revised by Nagawa Shôsuke. This was the Edo version of the drama and it was entitled "Edo Miyage" ("Souvenir from Edo"). It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Inosuke	Nakamura Kankurô V
Okiwa	Nakamura Fukusuke IX
The priest Jûzen	Bandô Yasosuke V
Fukuzô	Kataoka Kamezô IV
Osome	Nakamura Shidô II
Mataichi	Ichikawa Somegorô VII
Jinbei	Bandô Kichiya II

January 1998: Kataoka Takao took the name of Kataoka Nizaemon XV at the Kabukiza.

June 2000: revival at the Kabukiza of the spectacular hengemono "Ôtsue Dôjôji", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The wisteria maiden, a falcon-handler, a zatô, a boatman and the ôtsue demon	Nakamura Ganjirô III
Ya-no-Ne no Gorô	Nakamura Kanjaku V
Benkei	Bandô Kichiya II

December 2000: premiere at the Kabukiza of "Kaka Saiyûki", Ichikawa Ennosuke III's version of Kawatake Shinshichi III's 1878 drama "Tsûzoku Saiyûki" (Kaka was the haimyô of Ichikawa Ennosuke III), which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Son Gokû	Ichikawa Ukon
The Priest Sanzô	Ichikawa Emiya
Cho Hakkai	Ichikawa En'ya
Sa Gojô	Ichikawa Danjirô
The queen of the Sairyô Province, in reality the spirit of a giant spider	Ichikawa Emisaburô
The queen's sister Fuyô, in reality the spirit of a giant spider	Ichikawa Shun'en

January 2001: Bandô Yasosuke V took the name of Bandô Mitsugorô X at the Kabukiza.

April 2002: Nakamura Matsue V took the name of Nakamura Kaishun II at the Kabukiza.

May 2002: Onoe Tatsunosuke II took the name of Onoe Shôroku IV at the Kabukiza.

May 2003: Bandô Shônosuke, Kataoka Jûzô VI and Ichikawa Otora VI respectively took the names of Kawarasaki Gonjûrô IV, Kataoka Ichizô VI and Ichikawa Omezô VI at the Kabukiza.

May 2004: Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII took the name of Ichikawa Ebizô XI at the Kabukiza.

March 2005: Nakamura Kankurô V took the name of Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII at the Kabukiza.

April 2007: Nakamura Shinjirô took the name of Nakamura Kinnosuke II at the Kabukiza.

November 2008: official announcement about the future of the Kabukiza, the main Kabuki theater in Japan. Destruction from May 2010 and rebuilding on the current site, in the Eastern part of the Ginza district of Tôkyô. The rebuilding was expected to take at least three years. To celebrate the closing of this prestigious theater, a series of performances entitled Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) were scheduled to be held from January 2009 to April 2010. Up to the reopening ceremony, monthly Kabuki performances were reported as being staged at the Shinbashi Enbujô.

January 2009: 1st of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

February 2009: 2nd of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

March 2009: 3rd of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

April 2009: 4th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

May 2009: 5th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

June 2009: 6th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances); isse ichidai performance of Kataoka Nizaemon in the role of Yohei in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's masterpiece "Abura no Jigoku" and the hatsubutai of Matsumoto Kôshirô's grandson Matsumoto Kintarô IV [more details].

July 2009: 7th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

August 2009: 8th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

September 2009: 9th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

October 2009: 10th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

November 2009: 11th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

December 2009: 12th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

January 2010: 13th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

February 2010: 14th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances); commemoration of the 22nd anniversary (23rd memorial service) of late Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII [more details]. Revival at the Kabukiza of the Nagauta-based dance "Tsumeô", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The fox	Nakamura Kantarô
The falcon Fubuki	Nakamura Shichinosuke
The falconer	Bandô Yajûrô
The shôya	Nakamura Kinnosuke

March 2010: 15th of the 16 Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

April 2010: final Kabukiza Sayonara Kôen (Kabukiza Farewell Performances) [more details].

30th April 2010: Kabukiza closing Ceremony [more details].

May 2010 ~ Spring 2013: destruction of the 4th Kabukiza; building of the 5th Kabukiza.

28th March 2013: traditional ceremonial hand-clapping (koshiki kaomise tejimeshiki in Japanese; the traditional face-showing ritual of hand-clapping) with all actors and Kabuki-related people on the brand-new stage for the successful opening of the 5th Kabukiza.

April 2013: 1st of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

May 2013: 2nd of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

June 2013: 3rd of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

July 2013: 4th of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

August 2013: 5th of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) and and 21st edition of the Hachigatsu Nôryô Kabuki (literally "the August cool-breeze Kabuki"), a summer program which features a group of popular young stars in three short programs of Kabuki to fight the heat of summer [more details].

September 2013: 6th of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

October 2013: 7th of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

November 2013: 8th of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances), which celebrated the promotion to the first league of Kabuki actors (kanbu shôshin) for two veterans, Arashi Kitsusaburô and Kataoka Matsunosuke [more details].

December 2013: 9th of the 12 Kokera Otoshi Ôkabuki (Opening Ceremony Grand Kabuki Performances) [more details].

February 2014: revival at the Kabukiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Kokoro no Nazo Toketa Iroito" [more details].

October 2014: the October Grand Kabuki at the Kabukiza commemorated the 26th anniversary (27th memorial service) and the 2nd anniversary (3rd memorial service) of late Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII and late Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII [more details].

November 2014: the Annual Festive Face-Showing Grand Kabuki at the Kabukiza commemorated the 32nd anniversary (33rd memorial service) of the passing away of Matsumoto Hakuô I. His two sons, Matsumoto Kôshirô and Living National Treasure Nakamura Kichiemon, were the zagashira [more details].

April 2015: Nakamura Ganjirô IV celebrated his shûmei in Tôkyô at the Kabukiza [more details].

May 2015: revival at the Kabukiza of the drama "Jayanagi", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tanba no Suketarô (in reality the spirit of the Snake Willow), the warrior Kongômaru	Ichikawa Ebizô XI
The priest Jôken	Onoe Shôroku IV

March 2016: Nakamura Shibajaku VII took the name of Nakamura Jakuemon V at the Kabukiza [more details].

October 2016: important shûmei for the Narikomaya guild; Nakamura Hashinosuke III and his three sons Nakamura Kunio, Nakamura Muneo and Nakamura Yoshio take at the Kabukiza the names of Nakamura Shikan VIII, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV [more details].

November 2016: Nakamura Shikan VIII, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV celebrated their second month of shûmei at the Kabukiza [more details].

February 2017: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza for Nakamura Kantarô III and Nakamura Chôzaburô II [more details].

May 2017: 3-generation shûmei for the Bandô branch of the Otowaya guild at the Kabukiza; Bandô Hikosaburô VIII, his two sons Bandô Kamesaburô V and Bandô Kametoshi respectively take the names of Bandô Rakuzen, Bandô Hikosaburô IX and Bandô Kamezô III. There is also the hatsubutai of Rakuzen's grandson Bandô Kamesaburô VI. Terajima Maholo, the grandson of Living National Treasure Onoe Kikugorô and son of the actress Terajima Shinobu makes his first stage appearance (omemie). Moreover, the 22nd and 16th anniversaries (23rd and 17th memorial services) of the passing away of Onoe Baikô VII and Ichimura Uzaemon XVII are commemorated [more details].

January 2018: great name-taking ceremony at the Kabukiza for 3 generations of actors belonging to the Kôraiya guild (Kôraiya Sandai Shûmei); Matsumoto Kôshirô IX, his son Ichikawa Somegorô VII and his grandson Matsumoto Kintarô IV took the names of Matsumoto Hakuô II, Matsumoto Kôshirô X and Ichikawa Somegorô VIII at the Kabukiza [more details].

February 2018: second month of shûmei at the Kabukiza for Matsumoto Hakuô II, Matsumoto Kôshirô X and Ichikawa Somegorô VIII [more details].

May 2019: hatsubutai of Onoe Ushinosuke VII at the Kabukiza [more details].

November 2019: Nakamura Umemaru took the name of Nakamura Kangyoku at the Kabukiza [more details].

March 2020: No Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis!

April 2020: No Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis!

May 2020: No Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis!

June 2020: No Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis!

July 2020: No Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza due to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis!

August 2020: first Kabuki performances at the Kabukiza since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis [more details].

March 2022: Ichikawa Kôtarô took the name of Ichikawa Seiko II at the Kabukiza [more details].

September 2022: debut on stage (hatsubutai) for Nakamura Kashô IV's sons Nakamura Tanetarô V and Nakamura Hidenosuke at the Kabukiza [more details].

November 2022: Ichikawa Ebizô XI took the name of Ichikawa Danjûrô XIII at the Kabukiza; his son made his hatsubutai and received the name of Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII [more details].

December 2022: second month of shûmei for Ichikawa Danjûrô XIII and second month of hatsubutai for Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII at the Kabukiza [more details].

June 2024: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Yorozuya guild; Nakamura Tokizô V and Nakamura Baishi IV respectively took the names of Nakamura Manju and Nakamura Tokizô VI [more details]. It was also the hatsubutai of Nakamura Baishi V, Nakamura Haruki and Nakamura Natsuki.

Notes

[1] The future Kiyomoto leader Kiyomoto Enjudayû VII.

The Kabukiza (April 2013)

Photographes of the Kabukiza

Matsuri in front of the Kabukiza the 1st of January 2010

Kabukiza Construction Site (March 2012)