Kabuki Woogie is devoted to a variety of kabuki-related subjects. It began with a
series of essays, including photos and videos, of a research trip to Japan in
2010, subsequently added my 25-chapter history of the first Kabuki-za, and then
began a series on Japanese books about kabuki from my collection. It also posts
the monthly covers of Engekikai, the kabuki magazine
of record. It will soon add occasional essays by guest contributors based on
papers they delivered at conferences and symposiums. One can poke around in its
archives to find all of these past posts.
The cover for ENGEKIKAI, the kabuki magazine of record, for
May (#5) 2019, shows Kataoka Nizaemon XV as Sasaki Kisaburō Moritsuna in the “Moritsuna
Jinya” scene of Ōmi Genji Senjin Yakata,
as performed at the Kabuki-za in March 2019. The issue’s main article headlined
on the cover is “Heisei Kabuki, Part 1,” the first half of an overview of
kabuki during the recently ended Heisei period (1989-2019). Another headline
notes an interview with Ichikawa Ennosuke IV, reviews of kabuki at various theatres,
including at the art museum housing a reproduction of the Sistine Chapel, and
the latest in the “Kōshirō’s Thousand and One Nights” series. Although not mentioned on the cover, the issue's other contents include an obituary for the late Donald Keene.
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| Kataoka Nizaemon XV as Moritsuna in "Moritsuna Jinya." Photo: Sasayama Kishin. |
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