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31 March 2024

PLAYS: "Chinsetsu Yumihari-zuki" and "Choinose".

PLAYWRIGHTS: Chikamatsu Yôsuke.

PLAYWRIGHTS LINES: Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Chikamatsu Tasuke.

LESSER KNOWN PLAYWRIGHTS: Chikamachi Jisuke, Chikamatsu Tokubei and Chikamatsu Tokuji.

PROGRAMS: April 2024 (details and a new flyer for the Kabukiza, details for the Shungyô Special Tour), May 2024 (Kabukiza, Misonoza, a new flyer for the Theater MILANO-Za and the Tôkyô Tatemono Brillia Hall), June 2024 (Misonoza, Shôchiku Special Kabuki Tour, Sunpearl Arakawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Youth Center Momijizaka Hall, Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center Granship) and July 2024 (Kabukiza, Shôchiku Special Kabuki Tour).

OTHERS: 1 new link; 15 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; 15 new roles in the bilingual list of roles; a new illustration page for the actor Nakajima Kanzaemon III; new illustrations for the sakusha Chikamatsu Tokuzô and Nagawa Kunisuke; a new illustration page for the actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV, Ichikawa Sai'nyû I and Nakamura Nakazô III; the pages on the actors Nakajima Kanzaemon III, Nakajima Mihoemon III, Nakamura Jusaburô III, Nakamura Shikan III, Onoe Kanijûrô III, Onoe Kikujirô III, Ôtani Tomoemon III, Sakakiyama Koshirô III, Sanogawa Hanazuma III, Suketakaya Takasuke III, Tamagawa Sennojô III and Uemura Kichiya III have been reworked (past tense, day of passing away in western calendar and added data/illustrations for some of them); 10 new haimyô in the haimyô list (Gangyoku, Kigen, Kôga, Rijû, Ryûshi, Senshi, Tôshi, Tosshi, Tosshô, Zeshô); akusafu, fujiwara teika, fujiwara yorinaga, hei yorimoto, karasu, karasu tengu, kinmanmon, meoto yado, minamoto tameyori, ongyokumono, ôshima, rôtô, ryôshi, ryûkyû rettô, sansai, satsunan shotô, shirominegû, uji sadaijin and utazaimon have been added to the glossary.

29 February 2024

ACTORS: Bandô Kôtarô and Bandô Tarô.

PLAYS: "Benikan".

ACTORS LINES: Bandô Aizô and Bandô Kitsujûrô.

LESSER KNOWN ACTORS: Bandô Heiroku and Bandô Usaburô.

PROGRAMS: March 2024 (details and a new flyer for the Kabukiza, the Heisei Nakamuraza and the Minamiza, details for the Yôshun Special Tour, Tôkyô International Forum), April 2024 (Kabukiza, details and a new flyer for the Kanamaruza, details for the Yôshun Special Tour), May 2024 (Minamiza, details for the Tôkyô Tatemono Brillia Hall, a new flyer for the Theater MILANO-Za) and June 2024 (Hakataza, Minamiza, Shôchikuza, Kabukiza).

OTHERS: 1 new link; 20 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; 15 new roles in the bilingual list of roles; new illustration for the actor Nakajima Mihoemon II; a new illustration page for the actors Sawamura Tanosuke IV and Yoshizawa Ayame IV; the pages on the actors Kagaya Kashichi I, Kanazawa Goheiji I, Kaneko Kichizaemon, Karyû Sawaemon, Kataoka Ichizô V, Kataoka Nizaemon X, Kataoka Roen VI, Katayama Kozaemon, Kawarasaki Gonjûrô II and Kawarasaki Kunitarô V have been reworked (past tense, day of passing away in western calendar and added data/illustrations for some of them); 5 new guilds in the guilds list (Gusokuya, Kinojiya, Kinojiya, Kinojiya, Kinojiya); 8 new haimyô in the haimyô list (Gadô, Ikkô, Issen, Issen, Kanbô, Roen, Soryû, Zankyô); asagao-uri, benikan, beniya kanbê, chôchô-uri, mushi-uri, oshiguma, suzumushi, uchiwa and uchiwa-uri have been added to the glossary.

31 January 2024

ACTORS: Azuma Ichinojô I.

PLAYS: "Asama-ga-Dake".

PLAYWRIGHTS: Azuma Sanpachi.

ACTORS LINES: Arashi Raishi.

PLAYWRIGHTS LINES: Azuma Sanpachi.

LESSER KNOWN ACTORS: Arashi Hirosaburô.

LESSER KNOWN PLAYWRIGHTS: Arashi Sangyô.

PROGRAMS: February 2024 (details and a new flyer for the Kabukiza, the Misonoza, the Shôchikuza and the Hakataza), March 2024 (Kabukiza, Yôshun Special Tour), April 2024 (Yôshun Special Tour, Shungyô Special Tour) and May 2024 (Theater MILANO-Za, Tôkyô Tatemono Brillia Hall).

OTHERS: 1 new link; 15 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki plays list; 15 new roles in the bilingual list of roles; new illustrations for the actor Ichikawa Danzô IV and Ichikawa Raizô II; new illustrations for the dance "Sagi Musume"; a new illustration page for the dance "Sagi Musume"; a new illustration page for the actors Ichikawa Danzô III and Yamashita Kinsaku IV; 2 new guilds in the guilds list (Tachibanaya, Toraya); 6 new haimyô in the haimyô list (Kitsushi, Kitsushi, Korai, Raishi, Raishi, Shigan); asama daimyôjin, asama gongen, asama jinja, asama no ôkami, asamamono, chimori, fugen bosatsu, higashiyama, kaichô, kaichômono, kishômon, kyôgenbon, monme and sengen jinja have been added to the glossary.

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