The Kabukiza's October afternoon program features Seika Mayama's 1940 masterwork "The Hama Detached Palace" and Segawa Joko's well-known 1853 sewamono (realistic play) "Genjidana." Nizaemon Kataoka takes lead roles in both plays, while Tamasaburo Bando appears as Otomi in "Genjidana."
The dance interludes are "Hanabusa Shujaku Jishi," performed by Fukusuke Nakamura to the accompaniment of nagauta music, and "The Festival," performed by Nizaemon and Tamasaburo to Kiyomoto accompaniment.
The evening program features a single play, "Gonichi no Iwafuji (Iwafuji Revived)," one of Ennosuke Ichikawa's most successful stage productions, reviving Kawatake Mokuami's 1860 masterpiece. Since his first revival of "Iwafuji" in 1973, Ennosuke has staged it over 350 times, repeatedly revising the script and his method of presentation. The current production is the 15th, directed by Ennosuke himself, with the assistance of kabuki specialists Ginsaku Tobe and Shosuke Nagawa.
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