MAY 2023

7 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza, National Theatre, Meijiza, Nihonbashi Kôkaidô), 2 in Himeji (Heisei Nakamuraza) and 1 in Kyôto (Minamiza)!

??? perform at the Kabukiza!

Ichikawa Ennosuke and his troupe perform at the Meijiza!

Nakamura Kankurô, Nakamura Shichinosuke, Nakamura Senjaku and Kataoka Kamezô perform at the Heisei Nakamuraza!

The Zenshinza troupe performs at the National Theatre!

Young actors perform at the Minamiza!

Kabukiza (Tôkyô)

Dates	?? ~ ?? May 2023 Dankikusai Gogatsu Ôkabuki Dankikusai May Grand Kabuki
1st program	???
2nd program	???
3rd program	???
Casting	???
Comments	The great yearly Dankiku festival is back at the Kabukiza! This important festival for the Naritaya and Otowaya guilds commemorates 2 great stars of the Meiji era: Dan = Ichikawa Danjûrô IX and Kiku = Onoe Kikugorô V.

Meijiza (Tôkyô)

Dates	3 ~ 28 May 2023 Ichikawa Ennosuke Funtô Kôen Ichikawa Ennosuke's Struggle Performances
Matinée	Fushichô yo Hatô o Koete
Evening	Gohiiki Tsunagi Uma
Casting	Ichikawa Ennosuke, ???
Comments	The Omodakaya guild strikes Tôkyô in full force and full regalia this month at the Meijiza, which celebrates its 150th anniversary! Ueda Shinji's drama "Fushichô yo Hatô o Koete", premiered in February 1979 in Ôsaka at the Umeda Koma Gekijô, will be revived for the first time in 44 years! Tsuruya Nanboku IV's spectacular 1813 kaomise drama "Gohiiki Tsunagi Uma", which was revived by Ichikawa Ennosuke III in April 1984 at the Meijiza, will also be staged.

Heisei Nakamuraza (Himeji)
Dates	1 ~ 26 November 2019
Matinée	Banshû Sarayashiki Iwashi Uri Koi no Hikiami
Evening	Bô Shibari Tenshu Monogatari
Casting	Nakamura Kankurô, Nakamura Shichinosuke, Nakamura Senjaku, Kataoka Kamezô, Nakamura Hashinosuke, Nakamura Tsurumatsu, Nakamura Toranosuke
Comments	The Heisei Nakamuraza is in Himeji. The temporary koshibai look-alike theater is built in the precincts of the Himeji Castle. Interesting to note that the stories of "Banshû Sarayashiki" and "Tenshu Monogatari" are set within this castle.

National Theatre (Tôkyô)

Dates	9 ~ 17 May 2023 Zenshinza Gogatsu Kôen Zenshinza May Performances
Program	Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa (Sakanaya Sôgorô) Kaze Kaoru Hayabusa no Nigiwai
Casting	Kawarazaki Kunitarô, Fujikawa Yanosuke, Yamazaki Tatsusaburô, Nakajima Kôtarô, Hayase Einojô, Matsuura Kainosuke, Arashi Ichitarô, Kamitaki Keitarô, Tamaura Yûnosuke
Comments	The usual Zenshinza May program at the National Theatre!