Product Description
Second of the Sayonara Kabuki-za box sets. This one of performances that took place in March and April 2009. 12 DVDs with English commentary and English subtitles on particular performances. 152 page book comes with colour photos, play synopses in English, information about the playwrights, the history of Kabuki-za, an interview with Japanologist Donald Keene of Columbia University and Nohgaku performer Rokuro Umewaka.
Sangatsu Dai Kabuki
Matinee
'Genroku Chushingura'
1.Edo-jo no Ninjo - Baigyoku Nakamura, Yajuro Bando, Gato Kataoka
2.Saigo no Dai Hyotei - Koshiro Matsumoto, Karoku Nakamura, Tozo Nakamura, Kaishun Nakamura
3.Ohama Goten Toyotsuna-kyo - Nizaemon Kataoka, Shijaku Nakamura, Somegoro Ichikawa, Tomijuro Nakamura
Evening
'Genroku Chushingura'
1.Nanbuzaka Yuki no Wakare - Danjuro Ichikawa, Gato Kataoka, Shijaku Nakamura, Shikan Nakamura
2.Sengoku Yashiki - Nizaemon Kataoka, Somegoro Ichikawa, Baigyoku Nakamura
3.Oishi Saigo no Ichinichi - Koshiro Matsumoto, Fukusuke Nakamura, Somegoro Ichikawa, Karoku Nakamura, Tozo Nakamura
Shigatsu Dai Kabuki
Matinee
'Toshi Kyogen Meiboku Sendai-hagi'
1.Hanamizu-bashi - Hashinosuke Nakamura, Somegoro Ichikawa
2.Take no Ma, Goten - Tamasaburo Bando, Karoku Nakamura, Nizaemon Kataoka
3.Yukashita - Kichiemon Nakamura, Mitsugoro Nakamura
4.Taiketsu, Ninjo - Nizaekon Kataoka, Kichiemon Nakamura
Evening
1. Hikoza Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi Keya-mura - Kichiuemon Nakamura, Fukusuke Nakamura
2. Kuruwa Bunsho Yoshida-ya - Nizaemon Kataoka, Tamasaburo Bando
3. Sonezaki Shinju - Tojuro Sakata, Kanjaku Nakamura, Hashinosuke Nakamura
