December 2022 Bunraku performance of Honcho Hatsuyuko

Holding period

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
Access 5 minutes from Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Station, 8 minutes from Tokyo Metro Nagatacho Station, 15 minutes from JR Yotsuya Station

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
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