UPDATES 2002

8 December 2002

PLAYS: five new plays added

Common Title	Full Title
Domo Mata	Keisei Hangonkô
Hikimado	Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki
Kôchiyama	Kumo ni Magou Ueno no Hatsuhana
Musume Dôjôji	Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji
Sakanaya Sôgorô	Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa

ACTORS: a detailed biography of the star Onoe Kikugorô VI.

PRINTS (the yakushae section):

Actor	Print master
Nakamura Shichisaburô II	Torii Kiyohiro 1753
Nakamura Tomijûrô I	Torii Kiyohiro 1753

PROGRAMS: March 2003 (National Theatre, Shinbashi Enbujô) and April 2003 (Misonoza, Shinbashi Enbujô).

30 November 2002

The contemporary actors pages, the Kabuki shows and the archives are now available in English.

PROGRAMS: January 2003 (Kabukiza, National Theatre, Shôchikuza and Asakusa Kôkaidô), February 2003 (Kabukiza, Hakataza, Shinbashi Enbujô).

20 October 2002

PRINTS (the yakushae section):

Actor	Print master
Anegawa Gennosuke	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Anegawa Shinshirô IV	Utagawa Hirosada 1852
Arashi Rikan II	Shumbaisai Hokuei 1835
Arashi Rikan IV	Toyohara Kunichika 1882
Arashi Sangorô III	Utagawa Toyokuni 1815
Asao Yoroku I	Shumbaisai Hokuei 1835
Bandô Hikosaburô V	Utagawa Toyokuni 1861
Bandô Mitsugorô III	Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1832
Bandô Mitsugorô VII	Yamamura Toyonari 1922
Bandô Sanpachi V	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Bandô Zenji I	Tôshûsai Sharaku 1794
Ichikawa Danjûrô IX	Toyohara Kunichika 1882
Ichikawa Dannosuke III	Utagawa Toyokuni 1815
Ichikawa Danzaburô IV	Utagawa Toyokuni 1801
Ichikawa Danzô IV	Utagawa Toyokuni 1801
Ichikawa Danzô V	Utagawa Kunisada
Ichikawa Danzô VI	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Ichikawa Ebizô IX	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Ichikawa Ichizô I	Utagawa Toyokuni 1814
Ichikawa Ichizô III	Utagawa Toyokuni 1863
Ichikawa Komazô IV	Utagawa Toyokuni 1802
Ichikawa Komazô VII	Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1847
Ichikawa Kuzô II	Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1847
Ichikawa Kuzô II	Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1852
Ichikawa Shinsha I	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Ichikawa Sumizô V	Toyohara Kunichika 1882
Ichimura Uzaemon XV	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Iwai Kumesaburô III	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Kataoka Jûzô I	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Kataoka Nizaemon VIII	Utagawa Toyokuni 1861
Kataoka Nizaemon XI	Yamamura Toyonari 1920
Kataoka Nizaemon XII	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Kawarasaki Gonjûrô I	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Kawarasaki Kunitarô II	Toyohara Kunichika 1873
Kawarasaki Kunitarô III	Toyohara Kunichika 1882
Kawarasaki Sanshô	Toyohara Kunichika 1873
Matsumoto Kôshirô V	Utagawa Toyokuni 1802
Matsumoto Kôshirô VII	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII	Ôta Masamitsu 1955
Nakamura Baigyoku III	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Nakamura Fukusuke II	Utagawa Toyokuni 1863
Nakamura Fukusuke III	Toyohara Kunichika 1871
Nakamura Ganjirô I	Yamamura Toyonari 1920
Nakamura Ganjirô II	Natori Shunsen 1952
Nakamura Jakuemon I	Nakai Yoshitaki 1861
Nakamura Jakuemon II	Nakai Yoshitaki 1878
Nakamura Jakuemon III	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Nakamura Kaisha	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Nakamura Shikan IV	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Nakamura Shikan IV	Utagawa Toyokuni 1863
Nakamura Shikan IV	Toyohara Kunichika 1871
Nakamura Utaemon V	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Nakamura Utaemon VI	Ôta Masamitsu 1951
Nakamura Sôjûrô	Toyohara Kunichika 1873
Nakamura Tomijûrô II	Shumbaisai Hokuei 1835
Nakayama Bunshichi IV	Utagawa Hirosada 1852
Nakayama Nanshi II	Utagawa Kunikazu 1856
Onoe Baikô III	Utagawa Toyokuni 1814
Onoe Baikô VI	Natori Shunsen
Onoe Eizaburô 4.5	Utagawa Toyokuni 1863
Onoe Eizaburô 4.5	Utagawa Toyokuni 1863
Onoe Kikugorô IV	Utagawa Toyokuni 1859
Onoe Kikugorô VI	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Onoe Taganojô II	Toyohara Kunichika 1882
Ôtani Tomoemon VI	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Sawamura Sôjûrô VII	Ôta Masamitsu 1950
Sawamura Yodogorô II	Tôshûsai Sharaku 1794
Segawa Kikunojô V	Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1832
Seki Hanasuke I	Utagawa Yoshitsuya 1862
Seki Sanjûrô II	Shumbaisai Hokuei 1835
Seki Sanjûrô III	Utagawa Toyokuni 1861
Seki Sanjûrô IV	Toyohara Kunichika 1873

PROGRAMS: December 2002 (Kabukiza).

OTHERS: we've just started to build the English version of an existing site which was designed in French (kabuki.ifrance.com). It's a long a painful process that may take a few months.

4 October 2002

Opening of the web site www.kabuki21.com !