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As a result, in 1991 the Kabuki-za, one of Tokyo's best known kabuki theaters, began year-round performances [25] and, in 2005, began marketing kabuki cinema films. [26] Kabuki troupes regularly tour Asia, [ 27 ] Europe [ 28 ] and America, [ 29 ] and there have been several kabuki-themed productions of Western plays such as those of Shakespeare .
The Nakamura-za relocated to the new capital Tokyo in 1868 and reopened under Nakamura Kanzaburō I's last direct descendant Nakamura Kanzaburo XIII (1828–1895) as zamoto. [2] It was later also called the Miyako-za (都座). [3] A real-size replica of the Nakamura-za is located at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.
The Shinbashi Enbujō (新橋演舞場, "Shinbashi Playhouse" or "Shinbashi Theatre") is a theatre in the Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major kabuki venue, though other types of performances take place there as well.
TOKYO (AP) — Onstage, Danjuro Ichikawa, one of the biggest stars of Japan's Kabuki theater, is a virtuoso in switching roles. In his latest production, he plays 13 parts, including a princess, a ...
The re-opening of Tokyo’s famed Kabukiza Theatre, which called off performances from March due to the spread of the coronavirus, came even as new cases have spiked to record highs around the ...
The National Theatre of Japan (国立劇場, Kokuritsu Gekijō) is a complex consisting of three halls in two buildings in Hayabusachō, a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The Japan Arts Council, an Independent Administrative Institution of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, operates the National Theatre. It ...
The original Kabuki-za was a wooden structure, built in 1889 on land which had been either the Tokyo residence of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto, or that of Matsudaira clan of Izu. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building was destroyed on 30 October 1921, by an electrical fire. [ 3 ]
The Meiji-za (明治座, "Meiji Theatre") is a theatre in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally constructed in 1873. [ 1 ] It presents kabuki and Western stage plays.