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  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Actors Database  

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  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Performances Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Ukiyoe Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Kabuki Chronicles Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Kabuki Hyôbanki Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Chintei Library Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Music Players Database  

  • Waseda Actor Prints Database  

  • Tôkyô Metropolitan Library Prints Database  

  • National Diet Library Prints Database  

  • Natori Shunsen Prints  

  • Nagoya Women Univ. Banzuke Database  

  • Tôkyô Univ. Database  

  • National Theatre Digital Library  

  • Tôkyô Univ. Banzuke Database  

  • Tôkyô National Museum Database  

  • Global Performing Arts Database  

  • Boston Museum of Fine Arts Database  

  • The Smithsonian Institution Database  

  • Tôkyô Digital Museum    

  • Japanese and Chinese Classics (Waseda University)  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Theater performances 1868~1945  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Theater performances 1946~Now  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Ukiyoe Websites Search Database  

  • Victoria and Albert Museum  

  • Library of Congress Ukiyoe Database  

  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts Database  

  • Kokugakuin Digital Archives (Orikuchi Shinobu)  

  • Ukiyoe Collection of the Keiô University Library    

  • Ôe Naokichi Collection    

  • Hagi Uragami Museum  

  • Scholars Resource  

  • Visipix Japanese theatre  

  • The Allen Memorial Art Museum  

  • Japanese Woodblock Prints at the Honolulu Academy of Arts  

  • Mukogawa Kansai Culture Research Center  

  • Shibai Banzuke Database (Waseda University)  

  • International Ukiyoe Society Database  

  • The Old MFA Search Function  

  • The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Databases  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. dbroot  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Kabuki dbroot  

  • Mutô Junko's Early Actors Prints Database  

  • Enmoku Kabuki Annai (Kabuki Plays Guide)  

  • Kabuki Plays Guide  

  • Kyôgen Ehon Nendai Mokuroku  

  • Kabuki on the Web Performances Database  

  • Waseda University Theater Banzuke Database  

  • Yamanashi Digital Archive  

  • Tôkyô Univ. Shibai Banzuke Database  

  • Performance materials (National Theatre)  

  • Shôchiku Ôtani Library Pre-WWII Shibai Banzuke Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Digital Kabuki Hakubutsukan  

  • Eiri Kyôgenbon (Play Scripts with Illustrations) Database  

  • Shôchiku Ôtani Library Theater photographs Database  

  • Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts (National Institute of Japanese Literature)  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Databases  

  • Pre-modern Books Database using Kuzushiji OCR Technology (Waseda University)    

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. PDF Database  

  • Ritsumeikan Univ. Actors & Plays Database  

  • Ônishi Kabuki Record Collection Database  

    • KABUKI

  • The Kabuki Story  

  • KABUKI: Traditional Theatrical Arts  

  • Jeff Blair's Kabuki Page  

  • Kabuki for Everyone    

  • An introduction to Kabuki (programs)  

  • Kabuki on the Web  

  • Onnagata  

  • Sekidobashi Sakura's Kabuki page  

  • All about Kabuki  

  • The Tôkyô Shimbun Meiryû Page  

  • SurfWax News on Kabuki  

  • The virtual Museum of Japanese Arts (Kabuki)  

  • Research on Works (Sakuhin Kenkyû)  

  • ThinkQuest Kabuki Butai  

  • Invitation to Kabuki (National Theatre) - English Version  

  • Invitation to Kabuki (National Theatre) - Japanese Version  

  • Kabuki-Bito  

  • Omoshiro Kabuki Kôza (Ôsaka Dainichi Shimbun)  

  • R. Cavaye's Letter from London    

  • Traditional Performing Arts Meet Ôsaka    

  • Cinema Kabuki  

  • Nao Kabuki Channel Blog  

  • Nao Kabuki (2008 Prog)  

  • Nao Kabuki (2009 Prog)  

  • Nao Kabuki (Archives Prog)  

  • Chûshingura on Stage and in Print  

  • Kabuki Yoridori Midori (Kyôto Minpô)  

  • Kabuki: Frozen Features in a Floating World  

  • Kabuki Yakusha (Wiki)  

  • Kabuki Yakusha Yagô (Wiki)  

  • News Archives (up to June 2009)  

  • Kabuki Mobile  

  • Asahi.com Classical Art News  

  • Rokujôtei no Azumaya (Kabuki blog)  

  • Let's travel around Japan (Kabuki page)  

  • Kaizawa Kabuki Collection (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)  

  • Dango Jirû Hyper Kabuki Blog  

  • Unesco Kabuki  

  • Kabuki Woogie  

  • Wayadagane !!! (Kabuki Illustrator Noriko Hashimoto)  

  • Intro to Kabuki Theater  

  • Grand Kabuki History  

  • Kobiki-chô Nichiroku (Holly Kabuki)  

    • PROGRAMS & THEATERS

  • Kabukiza    

  • National Theatre    

  • Shôchiku    

  • Earphone Guide Co    

  • Misonoza (Nagoya)  

  • Hakataza (Fukuoka)  

  • Kabuki Live Event Information    

  • Yachiyoza (Yamaga)  

  • Shikoku Konpira Kabuki Ôshibai  

  • Cocoon Kabuki  

  • Kôrakukan (Akita)  

  • Kaho Gekijô (Fukuoka)  

  • Heisei Nakamuraza (2011 new website)  

  • Heisei Nakamuraza (2004 tour in the USA)  

  • Eirakukan (Toyooka)  

  • Kokuritsu Gekijô (National Theatre)  

  • Summer Kabuki Study Groups (Benkyôkai)  

  • National Theatre 45th anniversary website  

  • Kagekiza (Kanazawa)  

    • ACTORS, PLAYWRIGHTS and GUILDS

  • A directory of contemporary actors  

  • Bandô Kamesaburô V (blog)  

  • Bandô Mitsugorô X  

  • Bandô Shinsha IV  

  • Bandô Shinsha IV (blog)  

  • Bandô Takesaburô V  

  • Bandô Tamasaburô V  

  • Bandô Tamasaburô V (fan site)  

  • Bandô Yajûrô/Bandô Shingo  

  • Ichikawa Danjûrô XII - Ichikawa Ebizô XI  

  • Ichikawa Danzô IX  

  • Ichikawa Ebizô XI  

  • Ichikawa Emisaburô III  

  • Ichikawa Emizô    

  • Ichikawa Ennosuke IV  

  • Ichikawa Kôtarô  

  • Ichikawa Monnosuke VIII  

  • Ichikawa Sadanji IV  

  • Ichikawa Shun'en II  

  • Ichikawa Somegorô VII (blog)  

  • Ichikawa Tsukinosuke II (blog)  

  • Ichikawa Tsukinosuke II (website)  

  • Ichikawa Ukon  

  • Kamimura Kichiya VI (blog)  

  • Kataoka Ainosuke VI  

  • Kataoka Ichizô VI  

  • Kataoka Nizaemon XIII  

  • Kataoka Takatarô    

  • Kawatake Mokuami (National Diet Library)  

  • Nakamura Baigyoku IV  

  • Nakamura Chôzaburô II  

  • Nakamura Fukusuke IX  

  • Nakamura Fukusuke IX (blog)  

  • Nakamura Hayato  

  • Nakamura Hashinosuke III    

  • Nakamura Jakuemon IV  

  • Nakamura Kanjaku V  

  • Nakamura Kankurô VI  

  • Nakamura Kantarô III  

  • Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII and his 2 sons  

  • Nakamura Kashô III  

  • Nakamura Kikaku II  

  • Nakamura Kinnosuke II (blog)  

  • Nakamura Kotarô VI  

  • Nakamura Kyôzô    

  • Nakamura Matazô    

  • Nakamura Senjaku III  

  • Nakamura Shibajaku VII  

  • Nakamura Shichinosuke II  

  • Nakamura Shidô II  

  • Nakamura Shinobu  

  • Nakamura Tokizô V  

  • Nakamura Tôzô VI - Nakamura Matsue VI  

  • Nakamura Tsurumatsu II  

  • Nakamuraya  

  • Okamoto Kidô Projects  

  • Okamoto Kidô Premieres  

  • Onoe Kikugorô/Onoe Kikunosuke (the Otowaya guild)    

  • Onoe Matsuya II  

  • Onoe Shôroku IV  

  • Onoe Ukon  

  • Ôtani Keizô  

  • Sawamura Sônosuke III  

    • TROUPES, ASSOCIATIONS and PROJECTS

  • Japan Actors Association  

  • Zenshinza  

  • Kansai Kabuki  

  • Super Ichiza    

  • Local Kabuki Portal  

  • List of Local Kabuki Troupes  

  • Japan Foundation Performing Arts  

  • The Organization for the Preservation of Kabuki    

  • Association for the Traditional Performing Arts of Japan  

  • Hanagumi Shibai  

  • Nagoya Musume Kabuki    

  • Hakodate Kodomo Kabuki  

  • Asakusa Kabuki  

  • Roppongi Kabuki  

  • NARUTO Kabuki    

  • Shinshû Matsumoto Grand Kabuki  

    • PRINTS & ILLUSTRATIONS

  • Modern Japanese Performing Arts Prints  

  • UKIYO-E The Pictures of the Floating World  

  • Signatures of Ukiyo-e Artists  

  • Ukiyoe Prints  

  • Toshidama  

  • Kunisada.de  

  • Rolf Degener Gallery  

  • Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum    

  • Artelino Signatures  

  • The Fitzwilliam Museum online print exhibition  

  • The Paul Binnie website  

  • Viewing Japanese Prints  

  • Tsuruya Kôkei: the complete woodblock prints    

  • Griffinia's world of actor prints  

  • Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum      

  • Futoshi Kokjima Website  

  • Kansai Univ. pages on the three Hasegawa Sadanobu  

  • OsakaPrints.com  

  • Yuriko's Kabuki Illustration Gallery  

  • Lynn Matsuoka Studios Kabuki page  

  • Castle Fine Arts - Tsuruya Kôkei prints  

  • Carolyn Staley Prints  

  • Chûshingura and Mitate  

  • Aoi Gallery  

  • Tobacco and Salt Museum Ukiyoe Collection  

  • Roman Kangeki Illustrations  

  • Cats Portrait  

  • Iacouleff's Prints at the Antiquarian Print Gallery  

  • The Okada Risaburô Collection at the British Museum  

  • Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt (Ukipedia)  

  • Steve Robbins's Kabuki Lego Mans  

  • Ôta Masamitsu    

    • PHOTORAPHES

  • Kokugakuin Digital Archives (Orikuchi Shinobu)  

  • JAPAN-PHOTO-ARCHIV  

    • PLAYS

  • Hakata Kojorô Nami Makura (Script)  

  • Meido no Hikyaku (Script)  

  • Natsu Matsuri (Wikipedia)  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume XIV  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume XIII  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume XII  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume IX  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume VIII  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume VII  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume VI  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume V  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume IV  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume III  

  • Complete Works of Ônanboku Volume I  

    • SCHOLARS SITES/PAPERS

  • Drew Gerstle's site  

  • Japanese Text Initiative Kabuki pages    

  • Japanese Theater Reference Materials  

  • Ikeda Bunko Library  

  • Kôbe Women's University Research Center of Classic Performing Arts  

  • Seventeenth Century Kabuki: Rationales of Control  

  • Seducing the Mind: (Edo) Kabuki and the Ludic Performance  

  • The Exploration of the Chûshingura World  

  • Taira no Masakado in the Literature of Premodern Japan  

    • ABOUT KABUKI IN DVD

  • Far Side Music  

  • Marty Gross Films  

  • Amazon.co.jp  

  • Sayonara Kabukiza DVD Collection  

  • Sayonara Kabukiza DVD Collection (Shôchiku website)  

    • KABUKI ONLINE VIDEOS

  • Shôchiku Kabuki On-Demand  

  • Kabukimashô YouTube Channel  

  • National Theatre Official YouTube Channel  

  • Shôchiku Official YouTube Channel  

  • A great site full of Kabuki videos  

  • "Furu Amerika-ni Sode-ha Nurasaji" Cinema Kabuki Trailer  

  • Kabuki In-Depth: In Praise of Shadows  

  • Ôtani Keizô YouTube Channel  

  • National Theatre Official YouTube Channel: Kabuki playlist  

  • Zenshinza Official YouTube Channel  

  • Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage, Kabukiza 1982/09  

  • Suitengû Megumi no Fukagawa, Kabukiza 1955/06  

  • Onna Shibaraku, Kabukiza 1980/04  

  • Kumagai Jin'ya, Kabukiza 1960/12  

  • "The Sardine Seller's Net of Love" at the PSU in 2022  

    • BOOKS

  • Kabuki Plays On Stage  

    • MISCELLANEOUS

  • Shibai to Kôhoku  

  • The tour to the two great theatres in Edo and London  

  • Robert Fulford's column about kabuki  

  • Kabuki Nyantarô  

  • Okuyama Omairi Machi (also known as Kabuki Pictures Street)    

    • ABOUT KABUKI21.COM

  • Humbul Humanities Hub  

  • Interview  

    • PUPPET THEATER

  • Bunraku  

    • TRADITIONAL MUSIC

  • Japanese Traditional Music  

  • The Kiyomoto School of Music  

  • The Nagauta School of Music    

  • The Tokiwazu School of Music  

  • The Gidayû School of Music  

  • Sankyôkai  

    • TRADITIONAL DANCE

  • Nihon Buyô    

  • The Ichiyama School of Dance  

  • The Iwai School of Dance  

  • The Azuma School of Dance    

  • The Japanese Dance Association    

  • The Bandô School of Dance  

    • BLOGS

  • Shiranami Gonin Otoko Blog  

    • NOT DIRECTLY KABUKI-RELATED

  • Kyôto Japon    

  • Immortal Geisha  

  • My travel site    

  • Petit voyage à Tôkyô    

  • Figures of Japan History Dictionary  

  • E+ Theatrix  

  • Family Crests  

  • The International Shakuhachi Society  

  • The Japanese Movie Database  

  • The Samurai Glossary of Terms  

  • Crest Japan  

  • Tokyotopia  

  • Photographs Database (Waseda University)  

  • Meiji and Taishô Eras in Photographs (National Diet Library)    

  • Japanese Old Photographs (Nagasaki Univ.)    

  • Old Photos Japan    

  • The Utsushi-e website  

  • Let's travel around Japan  

  • Nengo Calculator  

  • Nengo Calculator (2)  

  • Nô Stories in English  

  • The Noh    

  • Edo Town Tour  

  • The Landmarks of Edo in Color Woodblock Prints    

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