Hawaiian Kabuki was performed on Japanese soil for the first time in June in an emotional “homecoming” show at the Aioiza theater in Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture. This part of Gifu is well known ...

The annual spring event "Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Performance" had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic but was revived in April 2024, bringing back the bustle of the theater. (Japanese ...

In his new book, John Fiorillo partly lifts the veil on Shunbaisai Hokuei, who dominated the ukiyo-e art world in the ...

Kabuki is by far the most well-known form of Japanese theater, and has built up quite the reputation as a rowdy and exciting affair. While today it is enjoyed and revered by all classes of ...

featuring the esteemed Hanayagi Motoi and rising young star Azuma Tokuyo (also known as Nakamura Kazutaro in kabuki theater). Nihon buyo, literally meaning “Japanese dance,” encompasses an ...

Japan's National Theatre ... traditional performing arts such as Kabuki, Bunraku puppet theater and Nihon Buyo. The facility's large theater has a 20-meter revolving stage and 16 trapdoors ...

A play revived by the late scholar Donald ... Priest Kochi" was staged in September as an English-language kabuki performance by Japanese literature students from Portland State University.