MEIJIZA

Names

Meijiza
Chitoseza
Hisamatsuza
Kishôza

City

Tôkyô

History

1873: opening of the Kishôza in the district of Hisamatsu-chô.

August 1879: the same theater reopens under the name of Hisamatsuza. The opening program is made up of the dramas "Osana Zakura Masago no Furisode", "Uchide no Tsuchimi Iri no Ôkura", "Iromochi Gusa Ukina no Koiguchi" and "Chiyo Yorozu Yosakae no Hisamatsu", starring the actors Suketakaya Takasuke IV, Kataoka Gadô III, Onoe Tamizô II, Ichikawa Kuzô III, Kataoka Ichizô III, Nakamura Kanjaku III, Onoe Taganojô II, Bandô Hikojûrô I and Onoe Tamitarô.

January 1883: last programs at the Hisamatsuza; the dramas "Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari", "Gosho Zakura Horikawa no Youchi" and "Suibodai Gotô no Kyôkyaku" are staged with Nakamura Nakazô III (zagashira), Ichikawa Kuzô III, Bandô Kakitsu I, Onoe Taganojô II, Bandô Hikojûrô I, Nakamura Kaoru and Ogino Yaegiri IV (who celebrates his shûmei).

January 1885: two dances are staged at this theater, about to reopen in February 1885 with a new name, the Chitoseza. From the 4th to the 7th of January, two auspicious dances and a kôjô with the troupe led by Ichikawa Danjûrô IX are staged. The sanbasô is staged with Ichikawa Sadanji I (Okina), Bandô Kakitsu I (Senzai) and Onoe Kikugorô V (Sanbasô). This is also the premiere of the Nagauta-based dance-drama "Tsuru Kame", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The Crane	Bandô Takematsu
The Tortoise	Onoe Eijirô
The Emperor	Ichikawa Kintarô

February 1885: the same theater reopens under the name of Chitoseza. The opening program is made up of the dramas "Senzai Soga Genji no Ishizue", "Yamabushi Settai", "Suitengû Rishô no Fukagawa" and "Kaze Kuruu Kawabe no Meyanagi", starring the actors Onoe Kikugorô V, Ichikawa Sadanji I, Bandô Kakitsu I, Onoe Matsusuke IV, Kataoka Gadô III, Sawamura Gennosuke IV, Nakamura Arajirô, Sawamura Tanosuke IV, Onoe Einosuke, Nakamura Fukusuke IV, Bandô Shûchô II, Ichikawa Shinzô V, Onoe Kikunosuke II and Nakamura Tsuruzô II.

February 1885: première at the Chitoseza of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Suitengû Megumi no Fukagawa", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Funazu Kôbê, the thief Kotengû Yôjirô	Onoe Kikugorô V
Ogiwara Ryôsaku, the rickshaw Sangorô	Ichikawa Sadanji I
The sahainin Yohei, Ibaraki Denji	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Yamaoka Tomisaburô	Kataoka Gadô III
The courtesan Kohina	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Yamaoka's wife Onami	Sawamura Tanosuke IV
Ogiwara's wife Omura	Bandô Shûchô II
The policeman Tamio Yasumori	Bandô Kakitsu I
Kôbê's daughter Oyuki	Onoe Kikunosuke II
Kôbê's daughter Oshimo	Onoe Einosuke I

November 1885: premiere at the Chitoseza of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Shisen Ryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The mushuku Yashû no Tomizô, Daimoku no Shichibê (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Onoe Kikugorô V
The rônin Fujioka Tôjûrô, Mandara no Jûemon (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Ichikawa Kuzô III
Hamada Sanai, the rônanushi Matsushima Okugorô, Nagabusa no Tamazô (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Kataoka Gadô III
The wakadanna Itamiya Tokutarô, Tachibana no Monjirô (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Bandô Kakitsu I
Itamiya Tanjirô, the mushuku Terashima no Chôtarô, Bokken no Otoji (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Onoe Kikunosuke II
The udonya Rokubê, the Fujioka tedai Senji	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Tatsumiya Otatsu, Tôjûrô's wife Omisa, Funayado no Omatsu (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Iwai Matsunosuke IV
Sôka no Hanakichi (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Onoe Einosuke I
Mandô no Mannosuke (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Bandô Takematsu
Tomizô's wife Osayo, the Itamiya nyôbô Otsugi, Machiai no Okuni (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Kawarasaki Kunitarô III
Chôchin no Chôji (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Suketakaya Kodenji I
Tomizô's daughter Otami	Nakamura Eijirô
Jûemon's son Ichitarô	Ichikawa Momotarô
Itamiya Tokuemon, the bakuto Ikiuma no Ganpachi, Senmai no Yasohachi (a member of the Chitose kôjû)	Nakamura Dengorô III

March 1886: première at the Chitoseza of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Mekura Nagaya Ume-ga-Kagatobi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Umekichi, Dôgen, Shinigami	Onoe Kikugorô V
Matsuzô, Kaisuke	Ichikawa Kuzô III
Oasa	Onoe Einosuke I
Minosuke	Bandô Kakitsu I
Osuga	Iwai Matsunosuke IV
Okane, Goroji	Onoe Matsusuke IV
Otami	Onoe Kikunosuke II

May 1888: première at the Chitoseza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's drama "Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sano Jirôzaemon	Ichikawa Sadanji I
The courtesan Yatsuhashi	Nakamura Fukusuke IV
Jiroku, Shigeyama Einojô	Ichikawa Kodanji V
Hyôgoya Seibê	Nakamura Shikan IV
Okitsu	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Gonpachi	Kataoka Ichizô III

September 1889: première at the Chitoseza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The Spirit of the Spider (kumo no sei), Hirai Yasumasa	Nakamura Shikan IV
Minamoto Yorimitsu	Bandô Tsurunosuke II
Sakata Kintoki	Bandô Hikojûrô I
Usui Sadamitsu	Nakamura Fukusuke IV
Urabe Suetake	Nakamura Dengorô III
Watanabe Tsuna	Ichikawa Sumizô V

1890: the Chitoseza is destroyed in a fire.

November 1893: the same theater reopens under the name of Meijiza. The opening program is made up of the dramas "Ishibashiyama Genji no Hataage", "Oatsurae", "Sono Uwasa Tatsuya Adanami" and "Tôyama Zakura Tenpô Nikki", starring the actors Ichikawa Danjûrô IX, Ichikawa Sadanji I, Ichikawa Gonjûrô, Ichikawa Ennosuke I, Nakamura Fukusuke IV, Ichikawa Somegorô IV, Ichikawa Kodanji V, Ichikawa Shinzô V and Ichikawa Arajirô I.

October 1897: première at the Meijiza of Fukuchi Ôchi's drama "Ômori Hikoshichi". The 2 leading roles are played by Ichikawa Danjûrô IX (Ômori) and Ichikawa Metora II (Princess Chihaya). The choreography is made by Hanayagi Jusuke I and the musical accompaniment is made by Kishizawa Nakasuke.

October 1898: premiere at the Meijiza of Takeshiba Kisui's dance-drama "Sannin Katawa", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The crawling cripple	Ichikawa Sadanji I
The deaf and mute girl	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
The blind man	Ichikawa Kodanji V
The daimyô	Ichikawa Sumizô V

March 1899: premiere at the Meijiza of the drama "Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki", which gathers the main scenes from the sukerokumono part of Kawatake Shinshichi II's 1858 drama "Edo Zakura Kiyomizu Seigen". It is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The bantô Gonkurô, Sukeroku	Ichikawa Sadanji I
Miuraya Agemaki, Omaki	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Torii Shinzaemon	Ichikawa Gonjûrô
The shinzô Shiratama, Denji's wife Otama	Sawamura Tosshô III
Ushiwaka Denji, Kinokuniya Bunzaemon	Ichikawa Kodanji V
The shirozake Shinbê	Ichikawa Sumizô V

1904: modernization of the Meijiza.

April 1908: the actors Nakamura Tokizô I and Nakamura Kashô I take the names of Nakamura Karoku III and Nakamura Tokizô II at the Meijiza.

September 1909: revival at the Meijiza of the drama "Kenuki", a long-forgotten play belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban, which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kumedera Danjô	Ichikawa Sadanji II
The koshimoto Makiginu	Ichikawa Sakinosuke
Ono no Harukaze	Nakamura Matagorô I
Ono no Harumichi	Ichikawa Dankichi II
Hata no Hidetarô	Ichikawa Enjaku
Hata no Minbu	Ichikawa Sumizô VI
Yatsurugi Genba	Nakamura Kangorô XII
Ohara no Manbê	Ichikawa Sashô II

May 1910: revival at the Meijiza of the drama "Narukami", a long-forgotten play belonging to the Kabuki Jûhachiban, which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The wicked priest Narukami	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Princess Taema	Sawamura Sônosuke I
The priest Hakuunbô (the "white cloud bonze")	Ichikawa Sashô II
The priest Kokuunbô (the "black cloud bonze")	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

May 1911: premiere at the Meijiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Shuzenji Monogatari", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The mask-carver Yashaô	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Minamoto no Yoriie	Ichimura Uzaemon XV
Yashaô's daughter Kaede	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Yashaô's daughter Katsura	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

October 1911: premiere at the Meijiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Minowa no Shinjû", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fujieda Geki	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Ayaginu	Sawamura Gennosuke IV

January: revival at the Meijiza of the drama "Fudô", which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban; its is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fudô Myôô	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Chitoseya Miyoshino	Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Kumedera Danjô's sister Matsugae	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Abe no Kiyotsura	Nakamura Matagorô I
Sakuramachi Kiyofusa	Ichikawa Ichijûrô IV

October 1914: premiere at the Meijiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Soga Monogatari", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kyô no Kojirô	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Soga Gorô	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Soga Jûrô	Morita Kan'ya XIII
Ôiso no Tora	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Echigo no Zenjibô	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

September 1918: premiere at the Meijiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Onoe Idahachi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Harada Idahachi	Ichikawa Sadanji II
The courtesan Onoe, Osayo	Ichikawa Shôchô II

November 1920: premiere at the Meijiza of Okamoto Kidô's drama "Ogurusu no Chôbê", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Chôbê	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Kosuzu	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Horio Mosuke	Ichikawa Sumizô VI

September 1922: revival at the Meijiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Nazo no Obi Chotto Tokubê", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôshima Danshichi	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Issun Tokubê	Kataoka Ichizô IV
Okaji, Otatsu	Bandô Shûchô III
The okujochû Kotoura	Kataoka Gadô IV
Tsuribune Sankichi	Ichimura Kamezô III
Mikawaya Giheiji	Nakamura Tsuruzô III
The wakatô Yaichi	Ichikawa Enshô III

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

1924: the Suehiroza, a little theater in the district of Azabu Jûban, becomes a temporary Meijiza.

1928: reopening of the Meijiza in the district of Hama-chô.

February 1929: premiere at the Meijiza of Kimura Tomiko's Nagauta-based dance "Nomitori Otoko", with a choreography and a musical accompaniment made by Hanayagi Jusuke II and Kineya Sakichi IV. The leading role is played by Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

September 1930: revival at the Meijiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô". The new script is written by Iwaya Shin'ichi and the play is produced under the title "Tôryû Azuma Bunshô" with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The priest Seigen, the ghost of Seigen	Sawamura Tosshi VIII
Princess Sakura, Fûrin Ohime	Ichikawa Shôchô II
Tsurigane no Gonsuke, Shinobu no Sôta	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Matsui Gengo, Tsunaemon	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô II
The priest Zangetsu	Nakamura Kan'emon III
Awazu Shichirô, Sentarô	Ichikawa Yaozô VIII
Iruma Akugorô	Ichikawa Kodayû II
Katsushika no Ojû	Nakamura Shikaku II
Nagaura, Kinbê	Sawamura Genjûrô III

March 1931: premiere at the Meijiza of Hasegawa Shin's drama "Mabuta no Haha", starring Morita Kan'ya XIII and Onoe Taganojô III in the roles of Chûtarô and Ohama.

May 1933: Ikeda Daigo's bakumatsumono drama "Saigô to Buta-hime" was staged for the first time in ôshibai, in Tôkyô at the Meijiza, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Saigô Kichinosuke	Matsumoto Kôshirô VII
The nakai Otama	Jitsukawa Enjaku II
Nakamura Hanjirô	Ichikawa Omezô IV
Ôkubo Ichisuke	Bandô Hikosaburô VI
The geigi Kishino	Onoe Taganojô III
The maiko Hinayû	Onoe Kikue

April 1938: premiere at the Meijiza of "Kira Yashiki Uramon" and the first act of "Sengoku Yashiki", the seventh and ninth plays of Mayama Seika's cycle "Genroku Chûshingura". "Sengoku Yashiki" was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yoshida Chûzaemon	Ichikawa Sadanji II
Tominomori Sukeemon	Ichikawa Ennosuke II
Lord Sengoku	Jitsukawa Enjaku II
Kuwana Buemon	Sawamura Tosshi VIII

September 1939: premiere at the Meijiza of Kimura Tomiko's dance "Kokaji" (a Nô drama adapted for Kabuki), which mixes Nagauta and Gidayû musical accompaniments. The leading role of the God Inari is played by Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

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

December 1950: reopening of the Meijiza.

July 1953: premiere at the Meijiza of Hôjô Hideji's drama "Ukifune", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ukifune	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Niou-no-Miya	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Kaoru	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII

July 1953: revival at the Meijiza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's 1878 drama "Tsûzoku Saiyûki", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Son Gokû	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
The Priest Sanzô	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Cho Hakkai	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Sa Gojô	Nakamura Fukusuke V
The queen of the Sairyô Province, in reality the spirit of a giant spider	Nakamura Utaemon VI
The kanjo Sakan	Ichikawa Shôchô III
The kanjo Ukan	Nakamura Shibajaku VI
Mikan	Ichikawa Somegorô VI
Kinkan	Nakamura Mannosuke

December 1954: premiere at the Meijiza of Kawaguchi Matsutarô's revision of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi"; it is entitled "Osan Mohei" and it is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Mohei	Ichikawa Ebizô IX
Osan	Onoe Baikô VII
The daikyôji Ishun	Bandô Hikosaburô VII
Otama	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
The bantô Sukeemon	Kataoka Ichizô V
Akamatsu Bairyû	Onoe Shôroku II
Osan's mother Oshige	Onoe Taganojô III

March 1955: Hasegawa Shin's drama "Ori" was staged with a full Kabuki casting for the first time, in Tôkyô at the Meijiza:

Roles	Actors
Yûchin, Goroichi	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Otane's second husband Shichibê	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Goroichi's nyôbô Owaka	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Yûchin/Shichibê's nyôbô Otane	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
The rônin Kuzurejagawa Dairoku	Nakamura Fukusuke V
The daiku Gen	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
The kazariya Kinzô	Ichimura Kakitsu VIII
The sakan Jirohachi	Nakamura Matagorô II
The yaneya Sukeshichi	Ichikawa Komazô X
Goma-no-Hae Yagorô	Nakamura Kichijûrô II

March 1956: premiere in Kabuki at the Meijiza of Hôjô Hideji's drama "Ii Tairô", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ii Naosuke	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Oshizu-no-Kata	Nakamura Utaemon VI
the zenji Sen'ei	Ichikawa Danzô VIII
Nagano Shuzen	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
Nakaizumi Ukyô	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Minabe Mutsuomi	Nakamura Shikaku II
Masako-no-Kata	Ichikawa Shôchô III
Utsugi Rokunojô	Nakamura Kichijûrô II
Takebe Saburoemon	Matsumoto Somenosuke

1957: the Meijiza is destroyed by fire.

1958: reopening of the Meijiza.

March 1959: revival at the Meijiza of Kawatake Shinshichi III's Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Kumo no Ito Oyozume Banashi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
A young girl, the zatô Utashichi, the keisei Usugumo, the Spirit of the Spider (kumo no sei)	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Minamoto Yorimitsu	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Sakata Kintoki	Nakamura Matagorô II
Usui Sadamitsu	Morita Kan'ya XIV

December 1961: premiere at the Meijiza of Kawaguchi Matsutarô's drama "Oedo Miyage", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Oyû	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Otsuji	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Bandô Eishi	Nakamura Tokizô IV
Okon	Asaoka Yukiji
Tokiwazu Mojitatsu	Kiyokawa Nijiko

April 1976: revival at the Meijiza of Katsu Genzô III's drama "Ogasawara Sôdô", which is staged with the following casting:

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

April 1977: revival at the Meijiza of Katsu Genzô II's drama "Kimi-wa-Fune Nami no Uwajima". The play is produced by Ichikawa Ennosuke with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Date Tôtômi-no-Kami, Yanbe Seibê, the yakko Dôsuke, Takino	Ichikawa Ennosuke
Ochi Buemon, Gengorô	Kataoka Takao
Kariya	Nakamura Baishi III
Ochi Isonojô	Nakamura Tôzô
Wake Sanzaemon	Kataoka Roen
Hatsune, Otatsu	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Ôhashi Uzen	Ichikawa Danshirô
Senju	Sawamura Gennosuke V

April 1979: historic revival at the Meijiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV long-forgotten play "Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise" (commonly called "Date no Jûyaku", in English "the ten roles of Date"), whose plot and characters belong to the "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" and "Kasane" worlds. The play is produced by Ichikawa Ennosuke with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akamatsu Manyû, Nikki Danjô, Dote no Dôtetsu, Ashikaga Yorikane, Takao, Yoemon, Kasane, Masaoka, Arajishi Otokonosuke, Hosokawa Katsumoto	Ichikawa Ennosuke
Yashio	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Watanabe Minbunosuke	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Sakae Gozen	Arashi Hinasuke X
Matsushima	Nakamura Shibajaku
Yamanaka Shikanosuke, Okinoi	Nakamura Yonekichi IV
Princess Miyagata	Ichikawa Koyone II
Ôe Onitsura	Ichikawa Danshirô

April 1981: premiere at the Meijiza of the dance "Taikô Sanbasô", which is staged within Nagawa Shôsuke's drama "Sennari Hisago Mashira no Kaomise"; Ichikawa Ennosuke III plays the role of Toyotomi Hideyoshi performing the sanbasô's dance.

April 1984: revival at the Meijiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's 1813 kaomise drama "Gohiiki Tsunagi Uma", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sôma Tarô Yoshikado, the wakashu Kohata Tomoenosuke (in reality the spirit of the tsuchi-gumo), the zatô Kayû (in reality Yoshikado), the sakanaya Ebizako-no-Jû (in reality Watanabe Genji Tsuna), the priest Chichû (in reality the spirit of the tsuchi-gumo)	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Ohayku (in reality Tawara Chiharu)	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Sôma Rokurô Kimitsura, Tetsumon Kihê (in reality Sôma Kimitsura), Hirai Saemonnojô Yasumasa	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Taira no Masamori, Usui Yukienojô Sadamitsu	Nakamura Karoku V
The tsubone Inaba (in reality the hinin Kumade no Otsume), Ibaragiya Onishichi's nyôbô Otsuna (in reality the jijo Tomaya)	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Kikyô-no-Mae, the hinin Komodare no Yasu (in reality Kikyô-no-Mae), the jorô Mikazuki Osen (in reality Fujiwara no Sumitomo's daughter Princess Kokonoe)	Nakamura Kotarô V
Ibaragiya Onishichi (in reality Ikasu Tarô Masazumi)	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Fujiwara no Nakamitsu, Rojiban Kitarô (in reality Misaki no Tônai)	Nakamura Tôzô VI
The doctor Harihiji Dôan	Kataoka Roen VI
Sakata Shumenojô Kintoki, the kashimonoya Kinroku (in reality the yakko Mitahei)	Nakamura Kashô III
Sakato Kurô Kumohaya, the kedamonoya Gonsuke (in reality, the yakko Gonpei)	Bandô Yajûrô
Katô (Bungo) Jirô Tadamasa	Nakamura Shinjirô
Princess Takiyasha, the kirimise jorô Ochô	Ichikawa Koyone II
The kirimise jorô Oiro, Urabe Kageyu Suetake	Ichikawa Ukon I
The yakko Yoisuke	Ichikawa Juen II
The kirimise jorô Osan	Ichikawa Emiya II
Iwakura Heita Norikage, Inokuma (in reality the nyûdô Inokuma Raiun)	Arashi Kanjûrô VI
The daiya Tarôji (in reality Kanaya Tarô)	Nakamura Tarô II

April 1987: revival of the drama "Jûni Hitoe Komachi Zakura", which includes the famous Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no seki no To". The line-up is made up of the actors Ichikawa Ennosuke (Sekibê, Ôtomo no Kuronushi), Jitsukawa Enjaku III, Sawamura Sôjûrô IX, Ichikawa Monnosuke VII (Yoshimine Munesada), Arashi Tokusaburô VII, Nakamura Shinjirô, Bandô Yajûrô, Ichikawa Danshirô, Kataoka Roen, Nakamura Kotarô V (the courtesan Sumizome, the spirit of Komachi's cherry tree), Ichikawa Ukon, Ichikawa Emiya (Ono no Komachi) and Ichikawa Koyone II. A new script is written by Tobe Ginsaku.

1990 ~ 1993: renovation of the Meijiza.

March 1993: first grand Kabuki program celebrating the reopening of the Meijiza:

Plays	Roles	Actors
Shitadashi Sanbasô	Sanbasô	Nakamura Tomijûrô
	Sensai	Nakamura Tomotarô
Honchô Nijûshikô (Jusshukô)	Yaegaki	Nakamura Shikan
	Katsuyori	Nakamura Ganjirô
	Kenshin	Nakamura Tomijûrô
Kanjinchô	Benkei	Ichikawa Danjûrô
	Yoshitsune	Nakamura Fukusuke
	Togashi	Nakamura Kichiemon
Rôben Sugi no Yurai	Rôben	Nakamura Baigyoku
	Nagisa	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Kotobuki Soga no Taimen	Soga Gorô	Nakamura Tomijûrô
	Soga Jûrô	Nakamura Ganjirô
	Kudô Suketsune	Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
	Asahina	Kataoka Gatô
	Ôiso no Tora	Nakamura Shikan
	Shôshô	Nakamura Matsue
Ochiudo	Hayano Kanpei	Nakamura Baigyoku
	Okaru	Nakamura Ganjirô
Kagotsurube Sato no Eizame	Jirozaemon	Nakamura Kichiemon
	Yatsuhashi	Nakamura Fukusuke
	Einojô	Ichikawa Danjûrô

April 1993: second grand Kabuki program celebrating the reopening of the Meijiza:

Plays	Roles	Actors
Ayatsuri Sanbasô	Sanbasô	Bandô Yasosuke
	Okina	Bandô Mitsugorô IX
Shibaraku	Gongorô	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
	The nyûdô	Bandô Mitsugorô IX
	Narita Gorô	Ichikawa Sadanji
	Teruha	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Kagami Jishi	Shishi	Onoe Kikugorô
Kuruwa Bunshô	Yûgiri	Nakamura Jakuemon
	Izaemon	Kataoka Takao
	Kizaemon	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
	Okisa	Kataoka Hidetarô
Kumagai Jin'ya	Kumagai	Kataoka Takao
	Sagami	Nakamura Jakuemon
	Fuji-no-Kata	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
	Yoshitsune	Onoe Kikugorô
	Midaroku	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Michiyuki Tabiji no Yomeiri	Tonase	Onoe Baikô VII
	Konami	Onoe Ushinosuke
	Bekunai	Bandô Mitsugorô IX
Shiranami Gonin Otoko	Benten Kozô	Onoe Kikugorô
	Rikimaru	Ichikawa Sadanji
	Tadanobu Rihei	Bandô Yasosuke
	Jûzaburô	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
	Nippon Daemon	Kataoka Takao
	Kôbê	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III

The Meijiza in December 1902