Kabuki / Noh / Rakugo
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Rakugo: Uplifting Message Hides between the Lines in Danshun’s New Year Shows
Soon after the New Year began, a COVID-19 state of emergency was declared for the second time in Tok...
January 26, 2021
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Kabuki Actor a Lifelong Devotee of Zombie Films
I’m excited whenever I find Kataoka Kamezo on the cast list for a kabuki play. His facial features l...
January 14, 2021
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Noh & Kyogen: Parliamentary Group Inaugurated to Promote Nohgaku
On Dec. 2, I went to report on an event at a venue that was not very familiar to me, a member of The...
December 22, 2020
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Noh’s Durable Legacy of ‘Visualizing the Unseen’
A special program titled "Buddha and Enma" was held at the National Noh Theatre in Tokyo's Sendag...
December 8, 2020
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