Kabuki

I went to see Kabuki! Ebi-sama! Actually I was in two minds of going to see it, I didn:t have much money, was too busy, didn't have any image of "Kitsune Tadanobu" by Ebizo...but I'm so happy I could see it. They performed three scenes "Fushimi-inari" (aka "Torii-mae"), "Michiyuki-Hatsune-no-Tabi" (aka "Yoshino-yama"), and "Kawatsura-Hogen-Yakata-no-Dan" (aka "Shinokiri"), […]

I went to see the Kabuki stage called "Shin" performed by Kantaro/Shichinosuke Nakamura! This time a taiko performer, Tetsuei Hayashi, and a shamisen performer, Chikudo Takahashi were on the stage as well. Hayashi is the person who participated to start "Kodo", which I went to see their performance on the other day, so their drumming […]

I went to see Kabuki on the other day. The story was based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night". My impression was, unique Kabuki (in a good meaning). There were more British audience than I thought, and the atmosphere was completely like "away"! At first, three children were on the stage and sang western style song with […]

http://www.hkw.de/en/div/veranstaltungen/Veranstaltungsdetail_21777.php Kabuki stage in Germany! I want to go~~~ I really want to go~~~. But it's impossible to visit Europe in this season... I wish they would have stages in the U.K....Then I might end up buying a ticket!

It was the kabuki stage I was really looking forward. I went to Hakata (2hours by airplane). Woo Hoo! On start time, Kantaro started to announcement. He appeared wearing Montsuki Hakama (Formal Kimono), and gave us a greeting. He always looks smart! Well, it sounded like a wrestler. Mic perfomance? The first act was "Yoshitsune […]