ACTORS: Ikushima Daikichi I and Takenaka Heikichi.

PLAYS: "Arakawa no Sakichi" and "Jirokichi Zange".

ACTORS LINES: Ikushima Daikichi and Yamashina Jinkichi.

PROGRAMS: March 2023 (new flyers and details for the Kabukiza, Minamiza and National Theatre programs, a flyer for the Shungyô Tour), April 2023 (Kabukiza, Makuhari Messe), May 2023 (casting and a new flyer for the Meijiza programs) and June 2023 (Kabuki Tour in the Eastern Provinces, Asakusa Kôkaidô).

OTHERS: 3 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; 8 new roles in the bilingual list of roles; the page on the Nakamura Shikaku line of actors has been reworked; two new guilds in the guilds list (Azumaya, Taiya); aimasa, akiba jinja, chômeiji, dejaya, demae-mochi, heyagashira, ichigaya, ichigaya kameoka hachimangû, ido, kengyô, kôtô, kuri, môkan, mômoku, ninjômono, oyabun, sagamiya masagorô, seisai, sujigaki, tôdôza and yamauchi masajirô have been added to the glossary.

ACTORS: Namie Karumo and Namie Kokan I.

ACTORS LINES: Namie Kokan.

PLAYWRIGHTS LINES: Namiki Senryû.

LESSER KNOWN PLAYWRIGHTS: Namiki Iwazô and Namiki Shinzô.

PROGRAMS: January 2023 (Zenshinza Tour), February 2023 (Zenshinza Tour, details and a new flyer for the Kabukiza programs), March 2023 (Kabukiza, National Theatre, IHI Stage Around Theater, Zenshinza Tour), April 2023 (IHI Stage Around Theater, Misonoza, a new flyer for the Meijiza) and May 2023 (Meijiza, Heisei Nakamuraza, National Theatre, Minamiza, Nihonbashi Kôkaidô).

OTHERS: 2 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; one new illustration for the actor Ichikawa Yaozô II; the pages on the actors Kaneko Rokuemon, Kirinoya Tôkurô and Kokan Tarôji I have been reworked (past tense, day of passing away in western calendar and added data/illustrations for some of them); yakusha ôkagami gassai has been added to the glossary.