KOTOHIRA, Kagawa -- Japan's oldest existing playhouse built in the Edo period (1603-1867) in this town in the western part of the country still stages annual spring Kabuki shows. The bartizan with ...

called “ji-shibai” or “ji-Kabuki,” which have been performed by locals in rural villages since the Edo Period (1603-1867). But that day, lines in English rang out throughout the Aioiza ...

During the Edo Period (1603-1867), “Ya no Ne” (The Arrow Sharpener) was said to be the favorite New Year’s kabuki play of the citizens of old Edo (present-day Tokyo). Inspired by the famed ...

We hold these tours to bring live kabuki to people who have few opportunities ... The first day of rehearsals begins with a ceremony from the Edo period called "kao-yose." ...

In Edo Period Japan, only the merchants possessed ... This Era led to renowned developments in varied art forms such as kabuki theater, which poked fun at society, bunraku puppetry, and haiku ...

"The Adventures of High Priest Kochi" was staged in September as an English-language kabuki performance by ... with puppetry in the 17th-century Edo Period. It was lost until a copy was discovered ...