16th Minami-za Introduction to Appreciating Kabuki

Time: From Apr 20 (Sun) to Apr 26 (Sat)
Morning Introduction 11 am
Afternoon Introduction 2 pm
Place: Kyoto MInami-za
Performance Contents:
1) Introductory Explanation "Minami-za and Kabuki"
     Guidance by Katsura Kujaku
2) Hanabusa shujakujishi
     (Nagauta dance scene depicting a courtesan turning into the spirit of a lion)

Kataoka Ainosuke and his Predecessors

Period: Apr 11 (Fri)-May 25 (Sun)
Time: 9:30 am-5 pm (No entrance after 4:30 pm)
Place: Hankyu Ikeda Bunko Library

5th Naniwa Flower Kabuki

Period: Apr 5 (Sat)-Apr 13 (Sun)
Morning Performance: 11 am
Afternoon performance: 2:45 pm
Evening Performance: 7 pm
Place: Osaka Shochiku Theatre
Performance contents:
Morning part:
Imoseyama onna teikin-Michiyuki (koi no odamaki), Mikasayama goten
Afternoon part:
Narihira Azuma kagami
Futatsu chocho kuruwa nikki
Ganjiro junikyoku no uchi
Evening part:
Osome hisamatsu ukina no yomiuri/Osomo no nanayaku-Opening scene, 2nd act

24th Shikoku Kompira Galla Kabuki

Early Performance Contents:

 Futaba chocho kuruwa nikki (The sumo scene)
 Tachinusubito (The Sword Thief)
 Shibaraku
Late Performance Contents:
 Natsumatsuri Naniwa kagami
 Act 1 opening scene in front og the Torii at the Sumiyoshi shrine
 Act 2 Naniwa three wives domestic scene
 Finale: The backyard scene

DateApril 5 (Sat)-23(Wed) Early performance: 11 am Late performance: 3 pm
PlaceKanamaru-za (Historical Kompira kabuki theatre) Kotohira, Kagawa, Shikoku
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