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Latest update: 2024-04-30

ONLINE DATABASES

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Actors Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Roles Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Performances Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Ukiyoe Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Kabuki Chronicles Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Kabuki Hyôbanki Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Chintei Library Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Music Players Database  
  • Waseda Actor Prints Database  
  • Tôkyô Metropolitan Library Prints Database  
  • National Diet Library Prints Database  
  • Natori Shunsen Prints  
  • Nagoya Women Univ. Banzuke Database  
  • Tôkyô Univ. Database  
  • National Theatre Digital Library  
  • Tôkyô Univ. Banzuke Database  
  • Tôkyô National Museum Database  
  • Global Performing Arts Database  
  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts Database  
  • The Smithsonian Institution Database  
  • Tôkyô Digital Museum    
  • Japanese and Chinese Classics (Waseda University)  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Theater performances 1868~1945  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Theater performances 1946~Now  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Ukiyoe Websites Search Database  
  • Victoria and Albert Museum  
  • Library of Congress Ukiyoe Database  
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts Database  
  • Kokugakuin Digital Archives (Orikuchi Shinobu)  
  • Ukiyoe Collection of the Keiô University Library    
  • Ôe Naokichi Collection    
  • Hagi Uragami Museum  
  • Scholars Resource  
  • Visipix Japanese theatre  
  • The Allen Memorial Art Museum  
  • Japanese Woodblock Prints at the Honolulu Academy of Arts  
  • Mukogawa Kansai Culture Research Center  
  • Shibai Banzuke Database (Waseda University)  
  • International Ukiyoe Society Database  
  • The Old MFA Search Function  
  • The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Databases  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. dbroot  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Kabuki dbroot  
  • Mutô Junko's Early Actors Prints Database  
  • Enmoku Kabuki Annai (Kabuki Plays Guide)  
  • Kabuki Plays Guide  
  • Kyôgen Ehon Nendai Mokuroku  
  • Kabuki on the Web Performances Database  
  • Waseda University Theater Banzuke Database  
  • Yamanashi Digital Archive  
  • Tôkyô Univ. Shibai Banzuke Database  
  • Performance materials (National Theatre)  
  • Shôchiku Ôtani Library Pre-WWII Shibai Banzuke Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Digital Kabuki Hakubutsukan  
  • Eiri Kyôgenbon (Play Scripts with Illustrations) Database  
  • Shôchiku Ôtani Library Theater photographs Database  
  • Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts (National Institute of Japanese Literature)  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Databases  
  • Pre-modern Books Database using Kuzushiji OCR Technology (Waseda University)    
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. PDF Database  
  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Actors & Plays Database    
  • KABUKI

  • The Kabuki Story  
  • KABUKI: Traditional Theatrical Arts  
  • Jeff Blair's Kabuki Page  
  • Kabuki for Everyone    
  • An introduction to Kabuki (programs)  
  • Kabuki on the Web  
  • Onnagata  
  • Sekidobashi Sakura's Kabuki page  
  • All about Kabuki  
  • The Tôkyô Shimbun Meiryû Page  
  • SurfWax News on Kabuki  
  • The virtual Museum of Japanese Arts (Kabuki)  
  • Research on Works (Sakuhin Kenkyû)  
  • ThinkQuest Kabuki Butai  
  • Invitation to Kabuki (National Theatre) - English Version  
  • Invitation to Kabuki (National Theatre) - Japanese Version  
  • Kabuki-Bito  
  • Omoshiro Kabuki Kôza (Ôsaka Dainichi Shimbun)  
  • R. Cavaye's Letter from London    
  • Traditional Performing Arts Meet Ôsaka    
  • Cinema Kabuki  
  • Nao Kabuki Channel Blog  
  • Nao Kabuki (2008 Prog)  
  • Nao Kabuki (2009 Prog)  
  • Nao Kabuki (Archives Prog)  
  • Chûshingura on Stage and in Print  
  • Kabuki Yoridori Midori (Kyôto Minpô)  
  • Kabuki: Frozen Features in a Floating World  
  • Kabuki Yakusha (Wiki)  
  • Kabuki Yakusha Yagô (Wiki)  
  • News Archives (up to June 2009)  
  • Kabuki Mobile  
  • Asahi.com Classical Art News  
  • Rokujôtei no Azumaya (Kabuki blog)  
  • Let's travel around Japan (Kabuki page)  
  • Kaizawa Kabuki Collection (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)  
  • Dango Jirû Hyper Kabuki Blog  
  • Unesco Kabuki  
  • Kabuki Woogie  
  • Wayadagane !!! (Kabuki Illustrator Noriko Hashimoto)  
  • Intro to Kabuki Theater  
  • Grand Kabuki History  
  • Kobiki-chô Nichiroku (Holly Kabuki)  
  • PROGRAMS & THEATERS

  • Kabukiza    
  • National Theatre    
  • Shôchiku    
  • Earphone Guide Co    
  • Misonoza (Nagoya)  
  • Hakataza (Fukuoka)  
  • Kabuki Live Event Information    
  • Yachiyoza (Yamaga)  
  • Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Ôshibai  
  • Cocoon Kabuki  
  • Kôrakukan (Akita)  
  • Kaho Gekijô (Fukuoka)  
  • Heisei Nakamuraza (2011 new website)  
  • Heisei Nakamuraza (2004 tour in the USA)  
  • Eirakukan (Toyooka)  
  • Kokuritsu Gekijô (National Theatre)  
  • Summer Kabuki Study Groups (Benkyôkai)  
  • National Theatre 45th anniversary website  
  • Kagekiza (Kanazawa)  
  • ACTORS, PLAYWRIGHTS and GUILDS

  • A directory of contemporary actors  
  • Bandô Kamesaburô V (blog)  
  • Bandô Mitsugorô X  
  • Bandô Shinsha IV  
  • Bandô Shinsha IV (blog)  
  • Bandô Takesaburô V  
  • Bandô Tamasaburô V  
  • Bandô Tamasaburô V (fan site)  
  • Bandô Yajûrô/Bandô Shingo  
  • Ichikawa Danjûrô XII - Ichikawa Ebizô XI  
  • Ichikawa Danzô IX  
  • Ichikawa Ebizô XI  
  • Ichikawa Emisaburô III  
  • Ichikawa Emizô    
  • Ichikawa Ennosuke IV  
  • Ichikawa Kôtarô  
  • Ichikawa Monnosuke VIII  
  • Ichikawa Sadanji IV  
  • Ichikawa Shun'en II  
  • Ichikawa Somegorô VII (blog)  
  • Ichikawa Tsukinosuke II (blog)  
  • Ichikawa Tsukinosuke II (website)  
  • Ichikawa Ukon  
  • Kamimura Kichiya VI (blog)  
  • Kataoka Ainosuke VI  
  • Kataoka Ichizô VI  
  • Kataoka Nizaemon XIII  
  • Kataoka Takatarô    
  • Kawatake Mokuami (National Diet Library)  
  • Nakamura Baigyoku IV  
  • Nakamura Chôzaburô II  
  • Nakamura Fukusuke IX  
  • Nakamura Fukusuke IX (blog)  
  • Nakamura Hayato  
  • Nakamura Hashinosuke III    
  • Nakamura Jakuemon IV  
  • Nakamura Kanjaku V  
  • Nakamura Kankurô VI  
  • Nakamura Kantarô III  
  • Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII and his 2 sons  
  • Nakamura Kashô III  
  • Nakamura Kikaku II  
  • Nakamura Kinnosuke II (blog)  
  • Nakamura Kotarô VI  
  • Nakamura Kyôzô    
  • Nakamura Matazô    
  • Nakamura Senjaku III  
  • Nakamura Shibajaku VII  
  • Nakamura Shichinosuke II  
  • Nakamura Shidô II  
  • Nakamura Shinobu  
  • Nakamura Tokizô V  
  • Nakamura Tôzô VI - Nakamura Matsue VI  
  • Nakamura Tsurumatsu II  
  • Nakamuraya  
  • Okamoto Kidô Projects  
  • Okamoto Kidô Premieres  
  • Onoe Kikugorô/Onoe Kikunosuke (the Otowaya guild)    
  • Onoe Matsuya II  
  • Onoe Shôroku IV  
  • Onoe Ukon  
  • Ôtani Keizô  
  • Sawamura Sônosuke III  
  • TROUPES, ASSOCIATIONS and PROJECTS

  • Japan Actors Association  
  • Zenshinza  
  • Kansai Kabuki  
  • Super Ichiza    
  • Local Kabuki Portal  
  • List of Local Kabuki Troupes  
  • Japan Foundation Performing Arts  
  • The Organization for the Preservation of Kabuki    
  • Association for the Traditional Performing Arts of Japan  
  • Hanagumi Shibai  
  • Nagoya Musume Kabuki    
  • Hakodate Kodomo Kabuki  
  • Asakusa Kabuki  
  • Roppongi Kabuki  
  • NARUTO Kabuki    
  • Shinshû Matsumoto Grand Kabuki  
  • PRINTS & ILLUSTRATIONS

  • Modern Japanese Performing Arts Prints  
  • UKIYO-E The Pictures of the Floating World  
  • Signatures of Ukiyo-e Artists  
  • Ukiyoe Prints  
  • Toshidama  
  • Kunisada.de  
  • Rolf Degener Gallery  
  • Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum    
  • Artelino Signatures  
  • The Fitzwilliam Museum online print exhibition  
  • The Paul Binnie website  
  • Viewing Japanese Prints  
  • Tsuruya Kôkei: the complete woodblock prints    
  • Griffinia's world of actor prints  
  • Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum      
  • Futoshi Kokjima Website  
  • Kansai Univ. pages on the three Hasegawa Sadanobu  
  • OsakaPrints.com  
  • Yuriko's Kabuki Illustration Gallery  
  • Lynn Matsuoka Studios Kabuki page  
  • Castle Fine Arts - Tsuruya Kôkei prints  
  • Carolyn Staley Prints  
  • Chûshingura and Mitate  
  • Aoi Gallery  
  • Tobacco and Salt Museum Ukiyoe Collection  
  • Roman Kangeki Illustrations  
  • Cats Portrait  
  • Iacouleff's Prints at the Antiquarian Print Gallery  
  • The Okada Risaburô Collection at the British Museum  
  • Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt (Ukipedia)  
  • Steve Robbins's Kabuki Lego Mans  
  • Ôta Masamitsu    
  • PHOTORAPHES

  • Kokugakuin Digital Archives (Orikuchi Shinobu)  
  • JAPAN-PHOTO-ARCHIV  
  • PLAYS

  • Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (Script)  
  • Meido no Hikyaku (Script)  
  • Natsu Matsuri (Wikipedia)  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume XIV  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume XIII  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume XII  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume IX  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume VIII  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume VII  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume VI  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume V  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume IV  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume III  
  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume I  
  • SCHOLARS SITES/PAPERS

  • Drew Gerstle's site  
  • Japanese Text Initiative Kabuki pages    
  • Japanese Theater Reference Materials  
  • Ikeda Bunko Library  
  • Kôbe Women's University Research Center of Classic Performing Arts  
  • Seventeenth Century Kabuki: Rationales of Control  
  • Seducing the Mind: (Edo) Kabuki and the Ludic Performance  
  • The Exploration of the Chûshingura World  
  • Taira no Masakado in the Literature of Premodern Japan  
  • ABOUT KABUKI IN DVD

  • Far Side Music  
  • Marty Gross Films  
  • Amazon.co.jp  
  • Sayonara Kabukiza DVD Collection  
  • Sayonara Kabukiza DVD Collection (Shôchiku website)  
  • KABUKI ONLINE VIDEOS

  • Shôchiku Kabuki On-Demand  
  • Kabukimashô YouTube Channel  
  • National Theatre Official YouTube Channel  
  • Shôchiku Official YouTube Channel  
  • A great site full of Kabuki videos  
  • "Furu Amerika-ni Sode-ha Nurasaji" Cinema Kabuki Trailer  
  • Kabuki In-Depth: In Praise of Shadows  
  • Ôtani Keizô YouTube Channel  
  • National Theatre Official YouTube Channel: Kabuki playlist  
  • Zenshinza Official YouTube Channel  
  • Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage, Kabukiza 1982/09  
  • Suitengû Megumi no Fukagawa, Kabukiza 1955/06  
  • Onna Shibaraku, Kabukiza 1980/04  
  • Kumagai Jin'ya, Kabukiza 1960/12  
  • "The Sardine Seller's Net of Love" at the PSU in 2022  
  • BOOKS

  • Kabuki Plays On Stage  
  • MISCELLANEOUS

  • Shibai to Kôhoku  
  • The tour to the two great theatres in Edo and London  
  • Robert Fulford's column about kabuki  
  • Kabuki Nyantarô  
  • ABOUT KABUKI21.COM

  • Humbul Humanities Hub  
  • Interview  
  • PUPPET THEATER

  • Bunraku  
  • TRADITIONAL MUSIC

  • Japanese Traditional Music  
  • The Kiyomoto School of Music  
  • The Nagauta School of Music    
  • The Tokiwazu School of Music  
  • The Gidayû School of Music  
  • Sankyôkai  
  • TRADITIONAL DANCE

  • Nihon Buyô    
  • The Ichiyama School of Dance  
  • The Iwai School of Dance  
  • The Azuma School of Dance    
  • The Japanese Dance Association    
  • The Bandô School of Dance  
  • BLOGS

  • Shiranami Gonin Otoko Blog  
  • NOT DIRECTLY KABUKI-RELATED

  • Kyôto Japon    
  • Immortal Geisha  
  • My travel site    
  • Petit voyage à Tôkyô    
  • Figures of Japan History Dictionary  
  • E+ Theatrix  
  • Family Crests  
  • The International Shakuhachi Society  
  • The Japanese Movie Database  
  • The Samurai Glossary of Terms  
  • Crest Japan  
  • Tokyotopia  
  • Photographs Database (Waseda University)  
  • Meiji and Taishô Eras in Photographs (National Diet Library)    
  • Japanese Old Photographs (Nagasaki Univ.)    
  • Old Photos Japan    
  • The Utsushi-e website  
  • Let's travel around Japan  
  • Nengo Calculator  
  • Nengo Calculator (2)  
  • Nô Stories in English  
  • The Noh    
  • Edo Town Tour  
  • The Landmarks of Edo in Color Woodblock Prints    
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