Event Information

Matsuo Academy of Kabuki ~ Kabuki for Kids Performance

	Aug 11 (Thu) 14:00~
	Kyoto Art Center, Shunju-za
	All Reserved Seats General 6.000 yen Seniors (over 60 years old) 5.500 yen Student & Youth (under 25 years old) 1.500 yen (There are tickets for younger kids) The student & youth seats are restricted to the 4th and 5th seat rows in the 2nd floor, L to R seat rows. ID will be requested when applying for discount tickets. Kids tickets: For each general・senior ticket there is the possibility of getting an extra general seat, up to 2 kids in Middle School or lower, for 2.000 yen. (Example: One general ticket + 2 Middle School students = 10.000 yen General ticket 6.000 yen + Middle School students 2.000 yen x 2)

20th July Grand Kabuki Performance ~ Society of Kabuki Appreciation

	Jul 3 (Sun) ~ 27 (Wed) Mid-morning Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:30~
	Osaka Shochiku-za Kabuki Theater
	First Class Seats: 15.000 yen Second Class Seats: 8.000 yen Upper Tier Seats : 4.000 yen

May Grand Kabuki Performance in commemoration of Danjuro and Kikugoro

	May 2 (Mon) ~ 26 (Thu) Midday Session: 11:00~ Evening Session: 16:00~
	Osaka Shochiku-za Kabuki Theater
	First Class Seats: 15.750 yen Second Class Seats: 8.400 yen Upper Tier Seats : 4.200 yen

Bando Tamasaburo Special Dance Performance

	Apr 3 (Sun) ~ 17 (Sun) Morning Session 13:00~ Apr 8 & 15 Evening Session 18:30~
	Minami-za Kabuki Theater, Kyoto
	Special Seats 17.000 yen 1st Class Seats 15.000 yen 2nd Class Seats 8.000 yen 3rd Class Seats 5.000 yen

March Kabuki Performance

	Mar 3 (Thu) ~ 27 (Sun) Morning Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:00~
	Minami-za Kabuki Theater, Kyoto
	Special Seats 14.000 yen 1st Class Seats 12.000 yen 2nd Class Seats 8.000 yen 3rd Class Seats 4.000 yen

February's Grand Kabuki Kataoka Nizaemon's One Day Vendetta

	Feb 1 (Tue) ~ 25 (Fri) Morning Session 11:00~ Evening Session 17:00~
	Osaka Shochiku-za Kabuki Theater
	1st Class Seats 13.650 yen 2nd Class Seats 7.350 yen 3rd Class Seats 4.200 yen

Auspicious Turn of the Year Grand Kabuki Performance

	Jan 2 (Sun) ~ 26 (Wed) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:00~
	Osaka Shochiku-za Kabuki Theater
	1st Class Seats: 15.750 yen 2nd Class Seats: 8.400 yen 3rd Class Seats: 4.200 yen

November's Kabuki Performance - Osaka Heisei Nakamura-za

	Nov 2 (Tue) ~ 26 (Fri) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:30~ (On Nov 13 (Sat) there will be only a Midday Session from 11:00~)
	Osaka Castle, Nishi no Maru Park Special Stage
	Pine Tree Seats (Matsu Seats) 1st Floor 15.000 yen Bambu Seats (Take Seats) 1st・2nd Floor 15.000 yen Ume Seats (Plum Seats) 2nd Floor 12.500 yen Cherry Tree Seats (Sakura Seats) 2nd Floor 11.000 yen Preferential Seats 2nd Floor 36.000 yen

Sochiku Great Kabuki Autumn Performance ~ Shiga

	Nov 14 (Sun) 14:00~
	Hikone City Bunka Plaza Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture
	1st Class Seats 7.000 yen 2nd Class Seats 5.500 yen 3rd Class Seats 3.000 yen

Eiraku-kan Great Kabuki Performance

	Nov 5 (Fri) ~ 10 (Wed) Midday Session 11:30~ Evening Session 16:00~
	Eiraku-kan Hyogo Prefecture, Toyo-oka City, Izushi District
	All Reserved Seats 10.000 yen

800th Honen-Jonin's Death Anniversary Buddhist Service Kabuki Performance

	Oct 27 & 28 (Wed & Thu) 17:00~
	Chion-in Temple, Kyoto Miedo Hall
	S Seats 18.000 yen A Seats 15.000 yen

October's Kabuki - Osaka Heisei Nakamura-za Kabuki Theater

	Oct 3 (Sun) ~ 27 (Wed) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:45 ~
	Osaka Castle, Nishi no Maru Park Special Stage
	Pine Tree Seats (Matsu Seats) 1st Floor 15.000 yen Bambu Seats (Take Seats) 1st・2nd Floor 15.000 yen Ume Seats (Plum Seats) 2nd Floor 12.500 yen Cherry Tree Seats (Sakura Seats) 2nd Floor 11.000 yen Preferential Seats 2nd Floor 36.000 yen

September's Grand Kabuki Performance - Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees Full Lenght Performance

	Sep 2 (Thu) ~ 27 (Mon) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:15~
	Minami-za Kabuki Theater, Kyoto
	Special Seats 19.000 yen 1st Class Seats 17.000 yen 2nd Class A Seats 10.000 yen 2nd Class B Seats 8.000 yen 3rd Class Seats 5.000 yen

Shochiku Grand Kabuki - Western Japan Tour

	Aug 31 (Tue) ~ Sep 25 (Sat) Western Japan Tour Dates Sep 19 (Sun) Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, Kobe Culture Hall Midday Session 13:00~ Evening Session 14:00~ Sep 20 (Mon) Shiga Prefecture, Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts Midday Session 12:30~ Evening Session 17.00~
	Kobe Culture Hall Great Hall, Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga Center Hall
	* Kobe Culture Hall Special Seats 6.500 yen First Class Seats 5.400 yen Second Class Seats 4.300 yen All Reserved Seats * Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga S Seats 6.000 yen A Seats 5.000 yen Under 25 2.000 yen

8th Kamejiro Association Performance

	Aug 24 (Tue) 17:30~ Aug 25 (Wed) 17:30~ Aug 26 (Thu) 13:00~/17:30~ Aug 27 (Fri) 16.00~
	Kyoto Art Center, Shunju-za
	All Reserved Seats S Seats General 10.000 yen Seniors 9.000 yen Association Members 8.000 yen A Seats General 8.500 yen Seniors 7.800 yen Association Members 7.000 yen Students and Youth Seats 2.500 yen

20th Kamigata Kabuki Association Performance

	Aug 21 (Sat) ~ 22 (Sun) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:00~
	The National Bunraku Theater, Osaka
	General 3.500 yen Students 2.500 yen

30th Anniverssary of the Association of Kabuki Admirers ・ Kansai - July's Grand Kabuki

	Jul 3 (Sat) ~ 27 (Tue) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:00~
	Osaka Shochiku-za
	1st Class Seats 15.750 yen 2nd Class Seats 8.400 yen 3rd Class Seats 4.200 yen

Dangikusai May Grand-Kabuki

	May 4 (Tue)~2 (Fri) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:15~
	Osaka Shochiku-za
	1st Class Seats 15.750 yen 2nd Class Seats 8.400 yen 3rd Class Seats 4.200 yen

March Hanagata Kabuki

	Mar 5 (Fri)~27(Sat) Midday Session 11:00~ Evening Session 16:00~
	Minami-za, Kabuki Theater, Kyoto
	1st class: 12.600 yen 2nd class 7.350 yen 3rd class: 4.200 yen Special seats: 13.650 yen

Full length Kyogen Kanadehon Chushingura (The Treasury of loyal retainers)

	Jan 2 (Sat)～ Jan 26 (Tue) 2010 Midday performance 11:30 ～ Evening performance 16：30～
	Osaka Shochiku-za
	1st class seats 15,750 yen 2nd class seats 8,400 yen 3rd class seats 4,200 yen

Kabuki Cinema - Hokaibo

	Jan 16 (Sat)
	MOVIX Kokoe Amagasaki
	2.000 yen

Kabuki Cinema - Hokaibo

	Jan 13 (Wed)
	MOVIX Kyoto
	2.000 yen

Shochiku-za Kabuki Performance by the Chikamatsu Troupe

The 2009 Western Tour arranged by The Organization of Public Cultural Institutions.
Performance contents:
Sakata Tojuro`s omemie audience with his audience
Koihikyaku Yamato orai: Ganjiro junikyoku no uchi fuinkire scene, Shinmachi Itsutsuya scene
Renjishi Dance Piece

	Sep 23 (Wed) 5 pm Sep 24 (Thu) 1 pm, 5 pm Sep 25 (Fri) 1 pm
	Kyoto Performing Arts Center (Kyoto geijutsu gekijo) Shunju stage
	Entrance fee: S seats: 9.000 yen A seats: 6.000 yen

Shochiku-za Kabuki Performance by the Chikamatsu Troupe

The 2009 Western Tour arranged by The Organization of Public Cultural Institutions.
Performance contents:
Sakata Tojuro`s omemie audience with his audience
Koihikyaku Yamato orai: Ganjiro junikyoku no uchi-fuinkire scene, Shinmachi Itsutsuya scene
Renjishi Dance Piece

	Sep 6 (Sun) Noon performance: 12:00 Evening performance: 5 pm
	Shiga Prefectural Art Stage, Lake Biwa Hall
	Entrance fee: S seats: 7.000 yen A seats: 5.000 yen

Shochiku-za Kabuki Performance by the Chikamatsu Troupe

The 2009 Western Tour arranged by The Organization of Public Cultural Institutions.
Performance contents:
Sakata Tojuro`s omemie audience with his audience
Koihikyaku Yamato orai: Ganjiro junikyoku no uchi-fuinkire scene, Shinmachi Itsutsuya scene
Renjishi Dance Piece

	Sep 5 (Sat) 2 pm
	Kobe Bunka Hall Information: 078-351-3349
	Unspecified

Shochiku-za Kabuki Performance by the Chikamatsu Troupe

The 2009 Western Tour arranged by The Organization of Public Cultural Institutions.
Performance contents:
Sakata Tojuro`s omemie audience with his audience
Koihikyaku Yamato orai: Ganjiro junikyoku no uchi-fuinkire scene, Shinmachi Itsutsuya scene
Renjishi Dance Piece

	Sep 4 (Fri) 2 pm
	Osaka Prefecture Kishiwada Municipal Namikiri Hall Information: 072-439-4915
	Unspecified

Sankyokai Performance, Kabuki and Noh-Kyogen

Performance content:
13th commemorative event in the honour of Tanaka Denzaemon 11th.
This particular performance features both noh and kyogen actors appearing alongside with kabuki actors. Scenes from the noh play Eguchi: Shigure Saigyo and the half-noh version of Eguchi.
Scenes from the noh play Ataku: Kanjincho and the dance piece Ataku
The Two Sambaso Dancers (kyogen): Performed by Nomura Manzai, Ichikawa Somegoro and Shigeyama Ippei

	Aug 3 (Mon) and Aug 4 (Tue) Afternoon performance: 1 pm Evening performance: 5 am
	Kyoto Minami-za
	Entrance fee: 1st Class: 12.000 yen 2nd Class: 6.500 yen 3rd Class: 4.500 yen Special seats: 14.000 yen

NINAGAWA "Twelfth Night, Or what you will" Kabuki

A kabuki performance based on Shakespeare`s comedy, directed by Ninagawa Yukio. This Performance will be touring as far as London during the summer.

	Jul 5 （Sun）～Jul 27 （Mon） Morning performance from 11 am Evening performance from 4 pm
	Osaka Shochiku-za
	Entrance fee: 1st Class: 15.750 yen 2nd Class: 8.400 yen 3rd Class: 4.200 yen

The World of Bando Takezaburo (77 Year Anniversary Event)

Performance content:
Meibutsu kenkajaya
Kai`i Arima neko
Dotonbori kabuki no nigiwai

	Performance period: Jun 13 (Sat)-Jun 14 (Sun) Morning performance: 11 am Evening performance: 4 pm Sunday only morning performance
	Shochiku-za, Osaka
	Entrance fee: 1st class: 8.000 yen 2nd class: 5.000 yen

May Hanagata Kabuki

Performance content:
The Ogasawara Feud, Full Performance

	Performance period: May 3 (Sun)～May 26 (Tue) Morning performance　11 am Evening　performance 4:30 pm
	Minami-za, Kyoto
	Entrance fee: 1st class: 12.600 yen 2nd class: 7.350 yen 3rd class: 4.200 yen Special seats: 13.650 yen

Kabuki at the Shikoku Konpira Theatre

	April 7(Tue)-25(Sat)、Day Performance:11am、Evening Performance: 3:40 pm
	The old Kompira Theatre in Shikoku (Kanamaru-za)
	Uperior seats （A seats） 13.000 yen Middle seats （B seats） 10.000 yen Regular seats （C seats） 7.000 yen

February Flower Kabuki

Period: Feb 1 (Sun)-25 (Wed)
Day performance: 11 am
Evening performance: 4 pm
Place: Osaka Shochiku-za
Performance content:
Day performance:
1) Kenuki (from the 18 Ichikawa line masterpieces)
Shido as Kumedera Danjo, Ainosuke as Ono Harumichi, Kantaro as Hata Shutaro, Kazutaro as nishiki no mae, Shinsha as Yatsurugi Genba,  Kikaku as Ono Harukaze, Omezo as Hata no Minbu, Kamejiro as Makiginu
2) Sagimusume
Shichinosuke as the spirit if the white heron
3) Onna Abura no jigoku  
Ainosuke as  Kawachiya Yohei, Shido as Toyoshimaya Shichisaemon, Kantaro as Ogura Hachiya,
Shichinosuke as Okiku, Kazutaro as the younger sister Okachi  , Kitsusaburo as the father Tokubei,
Kikaku as the older brother Tahei, Omezo as the uncle Moriemon, Takesaburo the mother Osawa, Kamejiro as the wife Okichi
Evening performance:
1) Fubuki toge (The snow storm in the mountain pass)
Ainosuke as Naokichi, Shichinosuke as Oen, Shido as Sukezo
2) Genpei nunobiki no taki
Sanemori monogatari
Kantaro as Saito Sanemori, kamejiro as Oman, Kikaku as Aoi no Gozen, Omazo as Se-no-o Juro
3) Kumo no ito Asuza no yumihari
(In this appearance Ichikawa kamejiro will be performing 6roles in one scene)
Kamjiro as: the Keisei courtesan Usugumo, a child, medicine seller, a Shinzo courtesan on guard duty, the itinerant storyteller, the spirit of the spider
Ainosuke as Hirai Yasumasa, Shido as Usui Sadamitsu, Shichinosuke as Urabe no Suetake, Kikaku as Sakata Kintoki, Omezo as Watanabe no Tsuna, Kantaro as Minamoto no Yorimitsu

Early Spring Celebratory Kabuki Performance

Period: Jan 3 (Sat)-27(Tue)
Day performance: 11 am
Evening performance: 4 pm
Place: Osaka Shochiku-za
Performance content:
Day performance:
1)Yoshitsune senbonzakura
 The scene infornt of the Tori`i gate
Ganjaku as Sato Tadanobu (really the fox Genkuro), Ainosuke as Minomoto no Yoshitsune, Shinsha as Musashibo Benkei, Kotaro as Shizuka Gozen
2) Roben sugi no yurai
The Nigatsudo scene
Gato as the high ranking priest Roben, Kichiya as the monk Junen, Shinsha as the monk Hozen Hidetaro as Nagisa (Roben`s mother)  
3) Kuruwa Bunsho
The Yoshidaya scene
Senjaku as Fujiya Izaemon, Danshiro as Yoshidaya Kisaemon, Takejiro as the wife Okisa, Tojuro as Yugiri from the Ogiya establishment
4) Omatsuri (The Festival)
Nisaemon as Tobigashira, Kotaro as a courtesan
Evening Performance:
Reigen Kameyama hoko (The Kameyama vendetta) (continuous performance of one play)
1) Opening scene (Koshu Isawa shuku bobana no ba [From an inn on the Koshu road in Isawa] through to the scene from Banshu Akashi Tsunamachi  Hataya
2) Second act, from the scene at Sunshu Mirokumachi Tambaya through to the Nakajimamura crematorioum
3) Middle act: Haru no kotobuki matsu no manzai
4) 3rd act Banshu Akashi Hataya scene
5) Koshu Mabutsu nawate scene
Finale: The vendetta scene at the Seishu Kameyama Festival 
Nisaemon as Fujita Mizuemon (the undertaker Hachirobei), HIdetaro as Tambaya Oriki/the nun Teirin, Ganjaku as Kakezuka Kanbei, Shinnosuke as Ishii Heisuke, Kotaro as Gennojo`s wife Omatsu, Ainosuke as Ishii Gennojo and Ishii`s servant Sodesuke, Shinsha as Ko-no-Kinroku and Okishi Chikara, Kichiya as Rokunoshin`s wife Onami, Senjaku as the courtesan Otsuma, Danshiro as Okishi Tanomo and Hotoke Sakunosuke, Gato as Fujita Bokuan, Tojuro as Manzai

Western Japan Tour of Shochiku Great Kabuki

Period: Aug 31 (Sat)-Sep 25 (Thu)
Place: West Course Shochiku Kabuki (moving performance)
See here for detailed plan of performance schedule and cast list  (in Japanese)
Perｆormance contents:
1) Ashiya doman ouchi kagami-Kuzunoha scene
2) Kanjincho (from the 18 canonical plays)

Kamigata Kabuki Performance

Time: Aug 19 (Tue) and 20 (Wed)
Day performance: 11 am
Evening performance: 4 pm
Place: National Kabuki Theatre 
Performance content:
Honcho junishiko-1 act, 2 scenes (the residence of Kenshin and the insence burner, the fox fires in the garden)
Kanadehon Chushingura-1 act (the Gion Ichirikiya scene)

Shochiku Great Kabuki

The Kansai Kabuki Lovers` Society 17th July Grand Kabuki Performance

Period: Jul 5 (Sat)-29 (Tue)
Day performance: 11 am
Evening performance: 4:30 pm
Place: Osaka Shochiku-za
Performance content:
Day performance
1) Hari no shirabe misime nanakusa
2) Kimura Nagato no Kami (from the 12 piece Kataoka collection)
3) Meiboku Sendaihagi
Evening performance
1) Ichinotani futaba gunki
2) Kurotegumi kuruwa no tatehiki
3) A-Hagoromo, B-Dango uri

Central Japan Tour of Shochiku Great kabuki

Period: Jun 30 (Mon)-Jul 31 (Thu)  
Place:  Moving performance
See here for details of schedule and cast list (in Japanese)
Performance contents:
Name Change Ceremony
(Nakamura Shinjiro is bestowed the right to carry the name Nakamura Kinnosuke 2)
1) Hashibenkei
2) Aratame kojo (Nama change announcement)
3) Hikosa gongen chikai no sukedachi-Keyamura act 
4) Kanda matsuri

Sankyokai Kabuki

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

Shochiku Great Kabuki

Time: Nov 5 (Mon) at 1:30 pm and 5:30 pm
Place: Kyoto Kaikan
Performance contents
1) Oshu Adachigahara-Sodehagi saimon
2) Yoshitsune senbonzakura-Yoshinoyama

Osaka Great Kabuki

Shochiku Great Kabuki

Shochiku Great Kabuki

Kamigata Kabuki Performance

Shochiku Kamigata kabukijuku-Graduate Performance

July Grand Kabuki Performance-10 Year Anniversary after Rebuilding of the Shochiku Theatre

Period: Jul 2-26
Day Performance: 11 am
Evening Performance: 4:15 pm
Performance content:
Day performance:
1) Narukami (From the 18 Ichikawa Line Masterpieces)
2) Hashi Benkei
3) yoshitsune senbonzakura
Evening performance:
1) Toribeyama Shinju (Love suicide at Toribeyama)
2) Migawari zazen (From 10 New and Old Theatre Plays)
3) Onnagoroshi abura no jigoku (The woman killer and the hell of oil

2007 All Japan Sponsored Shochiku Kabuki Tour

Performance Tour Schedule:
East Course: Jun 30 (Sat)-Jul 31 (Tue)
Central Course: Jul 1 (Sun)-Jul 31 (Tue)
West Course: Aug 31 (Fri)-Sep 24 (Tue)
(Public announcement of Nakamura Shinjiro taking over the name 2nd Nakamura Kinnosuke)

Song and Dance Performance by The Tokiwa Society

Time: Jun 26 (Tue) 2 pm and 6 pm
Place: Kamigata Performance Art Archive (上方演芸資料館) 5th Fl
Wahha Hall
Performance contents:
Nagauta: Omi no Okane, Tatsumi hakkei, Shizuhataobi, Gekizaru, Tsurionna

Kyoto Minami-za Sankyokai Performance

Sakata Tojuro Shumei (Name-Change) Anniversary Chikamatsu-za Performance no. 18

3rd Independent Performance by the Miyoshi Society

Time: May 13 (Sun) 2 pm and 6 pm
Place: Osaka Namba Wahha Hall
Performance contents:
Talk
1) New Kabuki: The Nun and the Thief (One Act)
2) Keisei Awa no Naruto (One Act [Kuni no namari futaba no oizuru])
3) Festival (Omatsuri)

23rd Shikoku Kompira Kabuki (Oshibai)

Full Single Play Kabuki Program-"53 Stations in the Early Spring of the Plum"

Period: Jan 3 (Wed)-Jan 27 (Sat) 
Time: 12 noon
On Jan 12 and 19 performance begins at 4 pm
Place: Kokuritsu Gekijo Daigekijo (The large Scene in The National theatre)
Holiday on Jan 18 (Thu)
Performance contents:
Ume no haru gojusantsugi, play in 5 acts and 13 scenes

Osaka Shochiku Theatre 10 year Re-Opening Anniversary