2022.12.06 〜 2022.12.19
Middle-ranking and young performers, who will lead a new era of Bunraku, take on major roles.
This is the second installment of the “Farewell Performance of the First National Theatre” Bunraku performance. Mid-career and young artists will take on the challenge of playing major roles in the next generation of Bunraku! Please enjoy this masterpiece about the struggle for power among the feudal lords of the Warring States on a grand scale.
National Theatre Project for the Future
Farewell performance of the first National Theatre
Honcho Twenty-Four Filial Piety
Shingenkan Dan
Murakami Yoshikiyo Joenshi no Dan
”Katsuyori seppuku” rowan (type of ritual suicide by slitting one’s throat and committing seppuku)
Shingen Monogatari no Dan
Keisho Jyosho Shoumitsusho no Dan
platform in front of a temple’s principal image, from which the officiating monk chants
danse macabre
stage of foxfire in the inner garden
The Last Stage of Dosan
(Subtitles are available.)
Event SummaryOutline
| Location | National Theatre of Japan, Small Theatre, 4-1 Hayatomachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
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| Access |
5 minutes from Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Station, 8 minutes from Tokyo Metro Nagatacho Station, 15 minutes from JR Yotsuya Station
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| Holding period | Sunday, December 6 – Monday, December 19, 2022 |
| Opening Hours | 11:00-13:20, 14:00-16:20, 18:30-20:50 (3 times a day) |
| Contact Us | 0570-07-9900 National Theatre Ticket Center (10:00-18:00) |
| admission fee | 1st class seats 6,500 yen, 2nd class seats 5,500 yen |
| no performance day | Tuesday, December 13 |
| Related Links | Official Site |
