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 recently began adding occasional essays by guest contributors based on
papers delivered at conferences and symposiums. One can poke around in its
archives to find all of these past posts.
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The cover for ENGEKIKAI,
the kabuki magazine of record, for June (#6) 2019, shows Ichikawa Ennosuke IV in the
role of the old lady Iwate (in actuality, the demon of Adachigahara) in the
dance-drama Kurozuka, a major work in which his family line—known
as Omodakaya—specializes. The
chief material in this issue is included in part two of the magazine’s overview
of kabuki during the Heisei era (1989-2019), which was just succeeded by the Reiwa
era. Other articles listed on the cover—which offers only partial contents—include
an interview with actor Onoe Kikunosuke, reviews of April’s productions, a
piece on a training school for child kabuki actors, and the latest installment
in the long-running series, “Kōshirō’s Thousand and One Nights,” by star actor Matsumoto
Kōshirō. There is also an illustrated, two-page interview with Tel Aviv
University professor Zvika Serper, a kabuki specialist who studied kabuki, kyōgen,
and nō performance with Japanese masters.
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| Ichikawa Ennosuke IV as the old lady Iwate (actually, the demon of Adachigahara) in Kurozuka. Photo: Sasayama Kishin. |
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