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 of Engekikai, the kabuki magazine of
record, for November (#11) 2019, shows Nakamura Kichiemon II as Matsuōmaru in
the “Terakoya” scene of Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, as performed at the
Kabuki-za in September 2019. Important contents headlined on the cover are led
by a special section on the dramatic character of Oguri Hangan, “the young
samurai who challenges fate,” as the subtitle says. It includes a discussion
with Ichikawa Ennosuke, Nakamura Hayato, and director Sugihara Kunio about a
new, Super Kabuki production, Shinpan Oguri. Other items include a conversation
between Nakamura Kankurō and Nakamura Shichinosuke, sons of the late Kanzaburō
XVIII, discussing the family’s Heisei Nakamura-za company. There is also the
latest entry in star actor Matsumoto Kōshirō’s “Kōshirō’s 1001 Nights” series;
an interview with Nakamura Baishi; and coverage of three actor-produced “study
groups” (benkyō kai).
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| Photo: Sasayama Kishin. |
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