Kanadehon Chushingura

Kabuki

October Program at the Heisei Nakamuraza Theatre: Part 1 (October 2026)

Part 1 of the Heisei Nakamuraza, back in Asakusa after four years, seen from a dobu seat by the hanamichi. Real Asakusa as the backdrop, Act 9 of Chūshingura, a first-ever father-and-sons Renjishi that moved me to tears, plus a theatre bentō.
2026.10.02
Kabuki
Kabuki

March Program at the Kabukiza Theatre: Kanadehon Chūshingura (March 2025)

A full day of Chūshingura at the Kabukiza — a sajiki box seat for the Matinee, the second floor for the Evening Show. Ukon's fiery Wakasanosuke, Nizaemon and Shichinosuke at the Ichiriki Teahouse, plus a bentō and a medetai-yaki along the way.
2025.03.17
Kabuki
Bunraku

November Bunraku Performance: Kanadehon Chushingura, Parts 1 and 2 (November 2024)

From 11 in the morning to past 8 at night, I made it through Kanadehon Chushingura from the opening act to Act Seven, Jagariko in hand. A breath-holding seppuku scene, my favourite pine curtain, and a lost phone to finish: my full-day run at the National Bunraku Theatre's 40th anniversary.
2024.11.11
Bunraku