THEATRE NATIONAL

NATIONAL THEATRE

Names

Kokuritsu Gekijô
National Theatre
Théâtre National

City

Tôkyô

Management

The Japanese State

History

November 1966: opening ceremony of the National Theatre in Tôkyô with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", from the "Ôuchiyama" scene to the "Kurumabiki" scene, with an amazing casting:

Roles	Actors
Kan Shôjô	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Fujiwara no Shihei, Kakuju	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Takebe Genzô, Terukuni	Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
Tonami, Sakuramaru	Onoe Baikô VII
Tatsuta-no-Mae, Yae	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Sukune Tarô, Matsuômaru	Bandô Mitsugorô VIII
Prince Tokiyo	Kataoka Takao
Princess Kariya	Kataoka Hidetarô II
Umeômaru	Bandô Minosuke VII, Onoe Kurôemon II
Sonoo-no-Mae, the yakko Takunai	Sawamura Tosshô V
Mareyo	Ichikawa Nedanji II

December 1966: second month of the opening ceremony of the National Theatre with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", from "Kurumabiki" to the last scene, with an amazing casting:

Roles	Actors
Matsuômaru	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Sakuramaru, Chiyo	Onoe Baikô VII
Umeômaru	Nakamura Kichiemon II
Fujiwara no Shihei, Shiratayû	Bandô Mitsugorô VIII
Takebe Genzô	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Yae	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Tonami	Nakamura Matagorô II
Kan Shôjô	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
Shundô Genba	Onoe Kurôemon II
Terukuni, Yodarekuri Yotarô	Bandô Minosuke VII
Haru	Ichikawa Komazô X

January 1967: revival at the National Theater of "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The wicked priest Narukami, Kumedera Danjô, the deity Fudô Myôô	Onoe Shôroku II
Fujiwara no Mototsune, Abe no Kiyoyuki	Ichikawa Sadanji III
Princess Taema	Nakamura Fukusuke VII
Hayakumo no Ôji	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Bun'ya Toyohide, the koshimoto Makiginu	Nakamura Senjaku II
Ono Saemon Harumichi	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
The karô Yatsurugi Genba	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Ono no Harukaze, Hakuunbô (the Buddhist monk white cloud)	Bandô Minosuke VII
Yatsurugi Kazuma, Sakuramachi Chûjô Kiyofusa	Ichikawa Omezô V
Harukaze's sister Nishiki-no-Mae	Bandô Tamasaburô V
The page Hata no Hidetarô	Bandô Shûka IV
The lady-in-waiting Takino	Onoe Taganojô III
The karô Hata no Minbu, Kokuunbô (the Buddhist monk black cloud)	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Ohara no Manbê, in reality Ishihara Sehei	Bandô Yagorô II

March 1967: revival at the National Theatre of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô". The new script is written by the Kabuki scholar Gunji Masakatsu and the play is is produced with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The priest Seigen	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Tsurigane no Gonsuke, Shinobu no Sôta	Bandô Mitsugorô VIII
Princess Sakura, Fûrin Ohime	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Shiragikumaru	Bandô Tamasaburô V
Iruma Akugorô	Bandô Minosuke VII
Matsui Gengo	Iwai Hanshirô X
Yoshida Matsuwaka	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Awazu Shichirô, Sentarô	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
The priest Zangetsu	Ichikawa Yaozô IX
Katsushika no Ojû	Sawamura Sôjûrô VIII
Nagaura	Sawamura Gennosuke V
Tsunaemon	Ichikawa Kuzô V
The yakko Gunsuke	Bandô Kôtarô

April 1967: revival at the National Theatre of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sasano Gonza	Nakamura Senjaku II
Ichinoshin's wife Osai	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Iwaki Chûtabei	Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
Asaka Ichinoshin	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Kawazura Bannojô	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Bannojô's sister and Gonza's betrothed Oyuki	Kataoka Hidetarô II
Iwaki Jinbei	Kataoka Takao

May 1968: revival at the National Theatre of "Ura Omote Sendai Hagi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yorikane, Kosuke, Yashio, Nikki Danjô	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Masaoka	Nakamura Shikan VII
Hosokawa Katsumoto	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Arajishi Otokonosuke	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Okinoi	Sawamura Tosshô V
Matsushima	Bandô Tamasaburô V
Sakae Gozen	Onoe Taganojô III
Watanabe Gekizaemon	Arashi Kichisaburô VII
Senmatsu	Nakamura Kotarô V
Tsuruchiyo	Nakamura Shinjirô

November 1969: premiere at the National Theatre of Mishima Yukio's drama "Chinsetsu Yumihari-zuki", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Chinzei Hachirô Tametomo	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
The ghost of Emperor Sutoku, Kumagimi	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Hacchôtsubute no Kiheiji	Ichikawa Chûsha VIII
The ghost of Minamoto Tameyoshi	Nakamura Matagorô II
Takama Tarô Motoakira	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Butôta	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Tametomo's wife Sasarae, Neiwannyo	Sawamura Tosshô V
Takama's wife Isohagi, Tsuru	Sawamura Kiyoshirô
Princess Shiranui	Bandô Tamasaburô V
The daijin Riyû	Iwai Hanshirô X
The ghost of Fujiwara Yorinaga, a shôya	Arashi San'emon XI
Tametomo's son Tameyori	Nakamura Tomotarô
Tametomo's daughter Shimagimi	Nakamura Hirotarô
The rôtô Takihei	Matsumoto Kingo III
Kame	Nakamura Eijirô
Tômatsuju	Hayashi Yoichi

April 1971: revival at the National Theatre of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage", in 5 acts divided into 8 scenes (a longer version than the standard one) which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hôkaibô	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Jinzaburô	Morita Kan'ya XIV
Jinzaburô's wife Oshizu	Onoe Baikô VII
Asayama Shuzen	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
The Eirakuya tedai Yôsuke, in reality Yoshida Matsuwaka	Onoe Kikunosuke IV
Okumi	Sawamura Kiyoshirô
Princess Nowake	Bandô Tamasaburô V
Hitachi Taijô	Bandô Shinsui VIII
The Eirakuya widow Oraku	Sawamura Gennosuke V
Ôsakaya Gen'emon	Ichikawa Yaozô IX

May 1973: revival at the National Theatre of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi" to commemorate the 249th anniversary (250th memorial service) of the playwright, which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ogura Hikokurô	Ichikawa Somegorô VI
Hikokurô's wife Otane	Nakamura Senjaku II
Miyaji Gen'emon	Sawamura Tosshô V
Gen'emon's wife Kikuno	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Otane's younger sister Ofuji	Kataoka Hidetarô II
Hikokurô's adopted son Bunroku	Nakamura Kikaku I
Sangobei's wife Yura	Arashi Tokusaburô VII
Isobe Yukaemon	Nakamura Shôjaku
Masayama Sangobei	Matsumoto Komagorô II

June 1973: revival at the National Theatre of Katsu Hyôzô I and Sakurada Jisuke II drama "Kokoro no Nazo Toketa Iroito", which is staged in 5 acts (13 scenes) with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Honjô Tsunagorô	Nakamura Kichiemon II
The courtesan Koito, Otoki	Onoe Baikô VII
Omatsuri Sashichi, Hantoki Kurobê	Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII
Ofusa	Onoe Kikunosuke IV
Kaze-no-Kami Kizaemon, Anoya Jûbê	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Kanbara Sagorô	Bandô Kamezô II
The tedai Sagobê	Nakamura Matagorô II
Yamazumi Goheita	Ichikawa Sumizô VII
The doctor Tôrin	Ichimura Tsuruzô
The widow Oritsu	Bandô Shûchô IV
Orai	Onoe Taganojô III

March 1975: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Jiraiya	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Tsukikage's daughter Princess Tagoto	Sawamura Kiyoshirô
Yashagorô, Tsukikage Gunryô Miyukinosuke	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Takasago Yûminosuke	Onoe Baikô VII
Senso Dôjin	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Fûki Tarô	Bandô Kamezô II
Ayame	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Kumadeya Yokushirô	Kataoka Ichizô V
Bandô Yamatonosuke	Bandô Minosuke VII
Yakama Shikaroku	Iwai Hanshirô X
Kumadeya's daughter Takane	Ichimura Manjirô II

April 1976: revival in 5 acts and 9 scenes of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri", with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ishikawa Goemon	Jitsukawa Enjaku III
Konomura Ôinosuke	Nakamura Ganjirô II
Hayakawa Takakage, Daibutsumochi Sôemon	Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
Sonoo-no-Kata, Goemon's wife Oritsu	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Segawa Uneme	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
The courtesan Hanatachibana, Ogiku, Mashiba Hisayoshi	Nakamura Senjaku II
Kuretake	Kataoka Gadô V
The yakko Yatahei, Junkikan, Katô Masakiyo	Kataoka Gatô V
Mashiba Hisatsugu	Ichimura Yoshigorô II
Mashiba Hisaaki	Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
The courtesan Kokonoe	Arashi Tokusaburô VII
Osai	Onoe Kikujirô IV

March 1977: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Shiranui Monogatari", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Suzushiro (in reality Princess Shiranui), Ben-no-Naishi (in reality Princess Shiranui), the uba Akishino	Onoe Baikô VII
Toriyama Inuchiyo (later Toriyama Akisaku)	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Kikuchi Sadayuki	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
The ryôshi Namiroku, Môri Tahê Toshikatsu	Ichikawa Somegorô VI
Toriyama Bungonosuke	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Namiroku's nyôbô Koiso	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
The ryôshi Hirekurô	Bandô Minosuke VII
The ryôshi Samezô, Dazai Higonosuke Tsunefusa	Bandô Kamezô II
Aoyagi Harunosuke	Bandô Yasosuke V
The koshimoto Teruha, Oiso	Nakamura Kankurô V
The spirit of a tsuchi-gumo	Ichimura Yoshigorô II
Ôtomo Gyôbu Munetsura, the hôin Katayama	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Ôtomo Iwatarô, the head of torite Horikoshi Ginzô	Ichikawa Ginnosuke I
The spirit of a crab	Kataoka Jûzô VI
A koshô	Kataoka Kamezô IV
The spirit of a spider	Ichimura Manjirô II
The spirit of a spider	Bandô Keizô II
The kagokaki Denroku	Nakamura Shirogorô VII
Utsubo Yakurô	Suketakaya Kodenji II
The shôya Sajibê	Sawamura Shônosuke

August 1977: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi", which is staged with the following casting:

September 1978: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ume no Yoshibê	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Kosan, Chôkichi	Sawamura Tôjûrô II
Koume	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Kanaya Kingorô	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Genbêbori no Genbê	Kataoka Gatô V
Shinraku Kanjûrô	Kataoka Roen VI
Okimi	Ichimura Kakitsu IX
Chôgorô	Ichikawa Juen II
Dote no Toburoku, Jûheiji	Nakamura Yonekichi IV

August 1979: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Kanzen Chôaku Nozoki Garakuri", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Murai Chôan, the Iseya bantô Kyûhachi	Nakamura Kichiemon II
Iseya Sentarô, Dôjûrô's wife Oriyo	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Fujikake Dôjûrô, the courtesan Chôjiya Sayoginu	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Jûbê's wife Osoyo	Nakamura Mannojô
Hayanori Sanji	Ichikawa Nedanji II
Kaisaka no Chûzô	Ichikawa Danshirô IV
Ôoka Echizen-no-Kami Tadasuke	Ichikawa Sadanji IV

January 1980: revival at the National Theatre of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's kaomise drama "Modoribashi Sena-ni Gohiiki", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sôma Tarô Yoshikado, the tabako-uri Sakamushi Oyoshi, Mita Genta Hirotsuna (in reality Sôma Tarô Yoshikado), the sanzoku Onoemon (in reality Mita no Tsugô)	Onoe Shôroku II
Hakamadare no Yasusuke, Mita Genta Hirotsuna (in reality Hakamadare no Yasusuke)	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Yamanba	Onoe Baikô VII
The Spirit of the Earth Spider, Oiwa (in reality the Spirit of the Earth Spider)	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Usui Sadamitsu, the sanzoku Netsuko no Tetsuzô	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Iyo Tarô Arinobu, Minamoto no Yorimitsu	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Ôya Tarô Mitsutô	Bandô Minosuke VII
The sadaishô Higekuro	Ichikawa Sadanji IV
Sonoo-no-Mae	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Tada no Manjû	Bandô Kamezô II
Kumanoo Shinroku Kagemichi	Ichikawa Ginnosuke I
Monobe Heita Arikuni	Onoe Shôkaku II
Minamoto Yorinobu	Bandô Yasosuke V
Tsuru-no-Mae	Ichimura Manjirô II
Minamoto Nakamitsu's sister Sekiya	Bandô Keizô II
The nyûdô Inokuma Raiun	Iwai Hanshirô X
Tsukishima Nagatsura	Onoe Kikuzô VI
Taira Masamori	Ichimura Tsuruzô
Prince Takakuni	Suketakaya Kodenji II
The kerai Hashidate Nariharu	Sawamura Shônosuke
Kaidômaru	Fujima Arashi

August 1980: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Danshichi Mohê	Nakamura Senjaku II
Iwai-buro Jisuke	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
The playwright Namiki Shôzô	Nakamura Ganjirô II
The courtesan Otomi	Sawamura Tôjûrô II
Arashi Sangorô	Bandô Takesaburô V
Sawamura Kunitarô	Nakamura Tomotarô
Jisuke's wife Okaji	Kataoka Gadô V
Takaichi Kazuemon	Kataoka Ichizô V
Manriki Ichiemon	Nakamura Kikaku I
Daimonjiya Jihê (commonly called Sakai no Daiji)	Ichikawa Yaozô IX
The owner of the Naniwa chaya Kawakyû	Ichikawa Sumizô VII

March 1981: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Jitsugetsusei Kyôwa Seidan", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The travelling actor Miyagawa Ushinosuke (later the priest Enmeiin Nittô), the hinin Oguri no Umakichi	Onoe Kikugorô VII
The thief Akatsuki Hoshiemon, Wakisaka Awaji-no-Kami	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Ômu no Ryûzô, later the priest Ryûzen	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Rokubê's daughter Okoro	Kataoka Hidetarô II
Sasagawa Kôjûrô	Bandô Minosuke VII
Arakuma no Kurozô	Ichikawa Sadanji IV
The priest Nisshô	Bandô Hikosaburô VIII
The okujochû Takekawa, in reality Kôjûrô's sister Otsuta	Ichikawa Monnosuke VII
Itozume no Omachi	Ichimura Manjirô II
The okujochû Kumemura	Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Yonezô	Kataoka Ichizô V
Sairoku	Ichimura Tsuruzô
Tanroku	Onoe Shôkaku II
The flintstone-seller Rokubê	Suketakaya Kodenji II
The landlord Mokubê	Sawamura Shônosuke
The bonze Unnen	Bandô Keizô II
The bonze Sainen	Ichikawa Koyone II
Amazake no Osute	Onoe Kikuzô VI

April 1981: revival at the National Theatre of Nishizawa Ippô's drama "Keisei Hama no Masago", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The keisei Ishikawaya Masagoji (in reality Akechi Mitsuhide's daughter Princess Satsuki), Goemon's widow Gion-no-Okaji	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Taikô Hisayoshi, Kishida Minbu (in reality Shihôten Tajima-no-Kami)	Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
Saitô Kuranosuke, Toyotomi Hisayori	Jitsukawa Enjaku III
Yodo-no-Kata	Nakamura Shikan VII
Sanni no Goroshichi, Toyotomi Hisatsugu	Ichikawa Ebizô X
Oda Nobuo	Kataoka Gatô V
Maeda Toshiie	Nakamura Matagorô II
The ashigaru Kinzô, in reality Yasuda no Sakubê	Nakamura Fukusuke VIII
Princess Gô	Nakamura Matsue V
Takayama Ukon	Nakamura Tôzô VI

For this revival, the drama's sekai being the Taikôki, it was decided to use the real names for the historical figures. The spectacular "Onna Goemon" scene was the opening act of this drama.

January 1982: revival at the National Theatre of "Zôhiki", a bombastic play in the aragoto style which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban and is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Mita no Genji Takeru	Onoe Shôroku II
Ôtomo no Kachimaro	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
The priest Gazenbô	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Mita's brother Ryûômaru	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Princess Yayoi	Nakamura Kotarô V
Horikawa Kageyu	Iwai Hanshirô X
The old woman Takekawa	Kataoka Gadô V
The widow Atago-no-Mae	Nakamura Shikan VII
Funakata Kôza	Nakamura Hashinosuke III
Aoimaru	Onoe Sakon II

January 1983: revival at the National Theatre of "Nanatsu Men", which uses a new script written by Tobe Ginsaku and is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The mask-maker Gagoze Akaemon, in reality Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo	Onoe Shôroku II
Ema no Koshirô Yoshitoki	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
The keisei Akoya	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Gagoze Akaemon's disciple, in reality Mionoya Shirô Kunitoshi	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Hatakeyama Shigetada	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Minamoto no Yoritomo	Bandô Hikosaburô VIII
Shigetada's sister Princess Kinugasa, in reality Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru	Nakamura Tokizô V
Yoritomo's daughter Princess Ô	Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka	Iwai Hanshirô X

January 1984: historic revival at the National Theatre of the Genroku drama "Sankai Nagoya", with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fuwa Banzaemon Terumasa, Shôki Daijin	Onoe Shôroku II
Umezu Kanimori	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
The courtesan Katsuragi	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Ôgimachi Dazainojô	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
Fuwa Banzaemon's wife Fujikae	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Nagoya Sanzaburô	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
Nagoya Sanzaemon	Kataoka Ichizô V
Yokogawa Unzai	Bandô Hikosaburô VIII
Princess Man'yo	Nakamura Tokizô V
Ashikaga Haruô	Onoe Sakon II
Nikki Genzai	Iwai Hanshirô X

January 1985: revival at the National Theater of the drama "Kan U", which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban. It is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hatakeyama no Shigetada, later the Chinese general Kan U	Onoe Shôroku II
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo, later the Chinese general Chô Hi	Onoe Tatsunosuke I
The shirabyôshi Manju, in reality the keisei Akoya, later the concubine Ô Bijin	Nakamura Jakuemon IV
Kumagai Renshôbô, later Ryû Bi	Ichimura Uzaemon XVII
Iwanaga Saemon, later Shû Sô	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
The villager Shigesaku, in reality Tsutsumi Gunji, later Chô Ryô	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
Shigetada's wife (and Kagekiyo's sister) Okushiba, later Chôsen	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Shionoya Shirô, later Kan Pei	Iwai Hanshirô X
Yorii Kurô	Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
Hanzawa Rokurô, later the kagokaki Jirosaku	Ichikawa Ginnosuke I
Yokose Shichirô, later the kagokaki Rokuzô	Onoe Shôkaku II
Iino Jurô	Bandô Shônosuke
Agano Hachirô	Kataoka Kamezô IV
Rokudai-gimi, Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru (in reality Rokudai-gimi), later Kentei	Onoe Sakon II

January 1986: revival at the National Theatre of the rarely-staged drama "Uwanari", which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban; it is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kôga no Saburô Kaneie	Onoe Shôroku II
Kôga no Tarô Kanetsura	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
Saburô's first wife Kasuga, the mekake Kuretake (in reality the jealous ghost of Saburô's wife Kasuga)	Bandô Tamasaburô V
The mekake Minazuki (Saburô's second wife)	Nakamura Tokizô V
The tsubone Kûen	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô III
The mekake Shinobu	Ichimura Manjirô II
The mekake Wakaba	Nakamura Shibajaku VII

January 1991: revival at the National Theater of Namiki Gohei I's play "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ikuta Hyôgonosuke, the ghost of Hime-ga-Jô Castle (in reality Kinuta-no-Mae), Heijibê's daughter Otatsu, the female fox Kojorô	Nakamura Ganjirô III
Innami Naizen, Kosakabe Mondo, Heisaku (in reality the fox Yokurô)	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
Momonoi Shuridayû	Nakamura Matagorô II
The keisei Onoe	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Kondô Heijibê	Bandô Mitsugorô IX
Kuzumi Shinpei	Kataoka Gatô V
Ushimado Jûnai	Nakamura Tôzô VI
Momonoi Mutsujirô, Kakogawa Sanpei	Bandô Yasosuke V
Yumiya Tarô (in reality Tajimi Juntarô)	Nakamura Tomotarô
Momonoi Yaegikumaru	Nakamura Hirotarô
Shikama Daigaku	Ichikawa Danzô IX
Innami Daizô	Onoe Matsusuke VI
Takaoka Gengo	Bandô Shûchô V
Katano Gunnai	Kataoka Shinnosuke
Hayakawa Banzô	Sawamura Yoshijirô V
The yakko Okihei	Nakamura Senhô
The hyakushô Kôsaku	Arashi Kitsusaburô VI
Osen	Nakamura Sennojô II
A kuro yoten	Nakamura Yoshihiko

January 1997: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo, the priest Seki-ga-Hara Jinnai (in reality Iba-no-Jûzô Kazuyoshi)	Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
Kagekiyo's lover Akoya	Bandô Tamasaburô V
Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada	Nakamura Baigyoku IV
Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura	Kataoka Gatô V
Shigetada's sister Shiraume	Nakamura Matsue V
Mionoya Shirô Kunitoshi	Ichikawa Sadanji IV
Hanzawa Rokurô	Nakamura Tôzô VI
Jûzô's mother Matsuno	Nakamura Matagorô II
Honda Jirô Chikatsune	Ichimura Kakitsu IX
Mitsumine Hachirô Tadakiyo	Ichikawa Unosuke III
Hanaôgiya Toheiji	Iwai Hanshirô X

January 1999: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Irogoyomi Gen'yadana", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yosaburô	Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
Otomi	Sawamura Sôjûrô IX
Tajimaya Seikichi	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
Seikichi's wife Onaka	Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Tajimaya Tazaemon	Bandô Mitsugorô IX
Kômori no Yasuzô	Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
Aoimaru	Bandô Minosuke II

January 2002: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Koharunagi Okitsu Shiranami", which has not been performed in its full length since 11th lunar month of 1864; the play is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kogitsune Reizaburô	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Funadama Osai	Nakamura Tokizô V
Nippon Daemon	Nakamura Tomijûrô V
The courtesan Miyuki, Tsukimoto Enshû	Sawamura Tanosuke VI
La courtisane Kagetsu	Onoe Kikunosuke V
Araki Samonnosuke, Kibazô	Bandô Hikosaburô VIII

October 2003: revival in 3 acts (11 scenes) at the National Theater with the Omodakaya guild of Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Hade Kurabe Ise Monogatari", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ki no Aritsune, Natora's ghost	Ichikawa Ennosuke III
Somedono, Koyoshi	Nakamura Tôzô
Dainagon Muneoka	Nakamura Karoku
Ariwara no Narihira, Isonokami Mameshirô	Ichikawa Monnosuke
Kujaku Saburô (later Ban no Yoshio)	Ichikawa Ukon
Akinobu's sister Takako (later Nijô no Kisaki), Katsura Kingo (in reality Fuchibe no Harundo)	Ichikawa Emiya
Princess Izutsu, Shinobu	Ichikawa Emisaburô
Shigarami, Suma no Konohei (in reality Ôe no Otondo)	Ichikawa Juen
Yukihira's wife Minase Gozen	Ichikawa Shun'en
Naidaijin Akinobu, Nyôhachi	Ichikawa En'ya
Imperial Prince Korehito	Ichikawa Komazô

November 2005: revival at the National Theatre of Chikamatsu Yanagi's drama "Ehon Taikôki", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takechi Mitsuhide	Nakamura Hashinosuke III
Mashiba Hisayoshi	Nakamura Shikan VII
Oda Harunaga	Kataoka Gatô V
Takechi Jûjirô	Nakamura Kaishun II
Misao	Nakamura Tôzô VI
Satsuki	Nakamura Kichinojô II
Satô Masakiyo	Ichikawa Omezô VI
Mori Ranmaru, Hatsugiku	Kataoka Takatarô

January 2008: revival at the National Theater of Sakurada Jisuke I's kaomise drama "Komachi-mura Shibai no Shôgatsu". "It is a spectacular play on a grand scale, showing a struggle between two imperial princes for the imperial throne and the almost magical powers of the great poet Ono no Komachi, also considered one of the greatest beauties of her time. In ancient times, Komachi was such a famous figure that she became the subject of many Nô plays, one in which her poetry called forth rain and another in which a jealous rival tried to defeat her by claiming that a poem she wrote was actually plagiarized from an old poetic anthology. She proved her innocence by washing the book of the anthology and showing that the fresh ink of the supposedly old poem easily washed away" (source: Earphone Guide website). This revival is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôtomo no Kuronushi, Fukakusa no Shôshô, Yanagihara Goromata	Onoe Kikugorô
Ono no Komachi, Goromata's wife Otsuyu	Nakamura Tokizô
Goinosuke Kanemichi, The flowers-selling girl Otatsu, Omiki, Natora's sister Hatsune, a female fox	Onoe Kikunosuke
Ki no Natora, Kujaku Saburô, Shôgatsuya Shôbê	Onoe Shôroku
Shinomiya Hyôdô Taketaru	Ichikawa Danzô
Ono no Yoshizane	Bandô Hikosaburô
Sekidera no Ôtoji Baba	Sawamura Tanosuke
Fujiwara no Yoshifusa	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô
Koretaka Shinnô, the landlord Tarobê	Kataoka Kamezô
Tarobê's wife Otora	Ichimura Manjirô
Korehito Shinnô	Onoe Matsuya
Princess Katori	Nakamura Baishi
Toraômaru Takeyasha	Bandô Kamesaburô
Kumaômaru Tsukiyasha	Bandô Kametoshi

January 2009: revival at the National Theatre of "Zôhiki", a bombastic play in the aragoto style which belongs to the Kabuki Jûhachiban and is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Mita no Genji Takeru	Ichikawa Danjûrô XII
Ôtomo no Kachimaro	Bandô Mitsugorô X
The priest Gazenbô	Nakamura Hashinosuke III
Princess Yayoi	Nakamura Fukusuke IX
Horikawa Kageyu	Kataoka Ichizô VI
The widow Atago-no-Mae	Ichimura Kakitsu IX

January 2010: premiere at the National Theater of "Asahi-ni Kagayaku Kin no Shachihoko", a revival of Namiki Gohei I's 1782 drama "Keisei Kogane no Shachihoko", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The tôzoku Kakinoki Kinsuke, the chokushi Nangû Sachûjô Tomoaki (in reality Kakinoki Kinsuke), Kaneda Kindayû (in reality Kakinoki Kinsuke)	Onoe Kikugorô
Kakinoki Kinsuke's mother Muraji, Ishidani Kachizaemon's nyôbô Sonoo	Nakamura Tokizô
Oda Harunaga (in reality Yamagata Dôkan's son, the Oda kerai Narumi Haruyoshi), Ebisudayû's disciple Mansai (in reality Narumi Haruyoshi)	Onoe Kikunosuke
The tôzoku Kôsaka Jinnai, the chokushi Nangû Sachûjô Tomoaki (in reality Kôsaka Jinnai (in reality Oda Harunaga))	Onoe Shôroku
The Oda kôshitsu Misao-no-Mae	Sawamura Tanosuke
The Ashikaga karô Ishidani Kachizaemon	Bandô Hikosaburô
The oshi Daikoku Ebisudayû, the Ashikaga jûshin Mogami Shinbê	Ichikawa Danzô
The Oda karô Yamagata Dôkan, the Oda kerai Iwase Kyûma	Kataoka Kamezô
The Ashikaga koshimoto Sekiya	Ichimura Manjirô
Princess Ashikaga Kuni	Nakamura Baishi
Oda Kanjûrô Harukatsu	Onoe Matsuya
The Oda yakko Sehei	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô
Kinsuke's kobun Neri no Sadahachi, Ebisudayû's disciple Sensai (in reality Neri no Sadahachi)	Bandô Kamesaburô
The saigokudôsha Tarosaku, Kinsuke's kobun Koro no Sanzô	Bandô Kametoshi
Ebisudayû's daughter Omitsu, Ishidani Kachizaemon's son Ishidani Tsukasanosuke	Onoe Ukon
The Ashikaga wakatô Tomikawa Waheita	Nakamura Mantarô
The gejo Ofuku	Ichikawa Otora

January 2014: premiere at the National Theater of "Sanzen Ryô Haru no Komahiki", a revival of Tatsuoka Mansaku's 1794 drama "Keisei Haru no Tori", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Oda Sanshichirô Nobutaka	Onoe Kikugorô
The nakai Oichi (in reality Tsuchiya Shôsuke's wife Otani), Mashiba Chikuzen-no-Kami Hisayoshi	Nakamura Tokizô
The Korean Imperial Princess Shôgiku (later disguised as the nakai Okiku and Kiku-no-Mae), the keisei Sonogiku, the carpenter Yoshirô	Onoe Kikunosuke
Shibata Shurinosuke Katsushige, the lumber wholesaler Tarosuke	Onoe Shôroku
The Daitokuji jûshoku Tokuzen'in	Sawamura Tanosuke
Kobayakawa Tatewaki	Ichikawa Danzô
Shioya Tôemon	Bandô Hikosaburô
The Awaza elders' leader Oshige	Ichimura Manjirô
The Korean official Kan Chôkai, Asano Chôzaemon	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô
The fisherman Tsunazô (in reality Takuma Koheita), Ishida Saburoemon	Bandô Kamesaburô
Tôemon's daughter Otoyo	Nakamura Baishi
The fisherman Amisaku, in reality Kobayakawa Uneme	Onoe Matsuya
The yakko Kidahei, Masuda Chôbei	Bandô Kametoshi
Nagatsuka Shôdayû	Ichimura Takematsu
Chôkai's sister Gyokusenjo, Maeda Gentazaemon	Onoe Ukon
Oda Sanbôshimaru	Fujima Taiga

December 2014: "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku" is staged as a tôshi kyôgen (5 acts, 6 scenes), including the rarely-staged "Fujikawa Shinseki" and "Okazaki Yamada Kôbê Sumika" acts (they were staged for the last time more than 44 years ago, in September 1970 at the National Theatre), at the National Theatre with Nakamura Kichiemon as zagashira [more details].

October 2015: revival at the National Theatre of "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba" in a tôshi kyôgen production (3 acts; 8 scenes) [more details]. The rarely-staged "Daidaikô" act is revived. It was staged for the last time in July 1962 at the Kabukiza, more than 53 years ago. It is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fukuoka Mitsugi	Nakamura Baigyoku IV
Shôjiki Shôdayû, the cook Kisuke	Nakamura Ganjirô IV
The nakai Manno	Nakamura Kaishun II
Mitsugi's aunt Omine	Nakamura Tôzô VI
Imada Manjirô	Ichikawa Komazô XI
Fujinami Sazen	Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
Aburaya Okon	Nakamura Kazutarô
Aburaya Oshika	Nakamura Matsue VI
The yakko Rinpei	Nakamura Kikaku II
Saruta Hikodayû	Matsumoto Kingo III
Tokushima Iwaji, in reality Aidamaya Kitaroku	Ôtani Keizô
Aidamaya Kitaroku, in reality Tokushima Iwaji	Sawamura Yoshijirô V
Dômyaku no Kinbê	Nakamura Jûjirô

November 2015: revival at the National Theater of the drama "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi" (tôshi kyôgen in 4 acts) [more details]. The zagashira is Nakamura Kichiemon. The classic "Tonbê Sumika" act (also called "Yaguchi no Watashi"), which is still in the Kabuki repertoire, is staged at the end of this program, along with 3 long-forgotten acts. The second act, "Yura Hyôgonosuke Shin Yashiki", was staged for the last time in July 1915, more than 100 years ago, in Tôkyô at the Kabukiza with Nakamura Kichiemon I in the leading role. The two others revived acts are "Yakimochi-zaka" as the opening act and "Dônen Anjitsu" as the third act. "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi" is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yura Hyôgonosuke Nobutada	Nakamura Kichiemon II
Yoshioki’s wife Tsukuba Gozen, Tonbê's daughter Ofune	Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Eda Hangan Kagetsura, the ferryman Tonbê	Nakamura Karoku V
Minase Rokurô Munezumi	Nakamura Matagorô III
Takezawa Kenmotsu Hidetoki, the ghost of Nitta Yoshioki	Nakamura Kinnosuke II
Hyôgonosuke's wife Minato	Nakamura Tôzô VI
Nitta Yoshimine	Nakamura Kashô IV
Yoshimine's lover Utena	Nakamura Yonekichi V
Rokuzô	Nakamura Tanenosuke
The priest Dônen	Arashi Kitsusaburô VI

March 2017: "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku" was staged as a tôshi kyôgen at the National Theatre. The core of this revival was "Okazaki". The third act, commonly called "Engakuji", which was staged for the last time in February 1931 at the Meijiza, was revived as well [more details].

Roles	Actors
Karaki Masaemon	Nakamura Kichiemon
Masaemon's nyôbô Otani	Nakamura Jakuemon
Kôbê's nyôbô Otsuya	Nakamura Tôzô
Wada Shizuma	Onoe Kikunosuke
Sawai Matagorô	Nakamura Kinnosuke
Yamada Kôbê	Nakamura Karoku
Sasaki Tan'emon, the yakko Sukehei	Nakamura Matagorô
Kondô Nomorinosuke	Nakamura Kashô
Kôbê's musume Osode	Nakamura Yonekichi
Inagaki Hanshichirô, Ishidome Busuke	Nakamura Tanenosuke
Ikezoe Magohachi	Nakamura Hayato
Wada Yukie	Arashi Kitsusaburô
Sawai Jôgorô, Tokiroku	Nakamura Kichinojô

January 2019: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's 1779 drama "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri". This Otowaya-powered revision was entitled "Himeji-jô Oto-ni Kiku Sono Ishizue" and it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Innami Naizen, Akamatsu Hikojirô Noriyasu	Onoe Kikugorô VII
Ikuta Hyôgonosuke, the Momonoi kôshitsu Kinuta-no-Mae	Nakamura Tokizô V
Yumiya Tarô (in reality Tajimi Juntarô), Mondo's nyôbô Otatsu, the female fox Kojorô	Onoe Kikunosuke V
Kosakabe Mondo, the hyakushô Heisaku (in reality the fox Yokurô), Kakogawa Sanpei	Onoe Shôroku IV
Momonoi Shuridayû	Bandô Rakuzen
The chûrô Awaji	Ichimura Manjirô II
Ushimado Jûnai	Kawarasaki Gonjûrô IV
Innami Daizô, the yakko Nadahei	Bandô Hikosaburô IX
Shikama Daigaku	Kataoka Kamezô IV
Kuzumi Shinpei	Bandô Kamezô III
Momonoi Kogajirô, Momonoi Yaegikumaru, the koshimoto Okiku (in reality Momonoi Yaegikumaru)	Nakamura Baishi IV
The keisei Onoe	Onoe Ukon II
Takaoka Gengo	Nakamura Mantarô
Mokubê (the son of the shôya)	Ichimura Takematsu VI
Kanekoya Saibê	Ichimura Kitsutarô
Kunimatsu, Heisaku's son Heikichi (in reality Kunimatsu)	Terajima Kazufumi
Kojorô's son Fukuju	Terajima Maholo

The long façade of The National Theatre