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August 1953: revival of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's masterpiece "Sonezaki Shinjû" at the Shimbashi Embujô, based on a new script written by Uno Nobuo and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Hiranoya Tokubei Nakamura Ganjirô II
Tenmaya Ohatsu Nakamura Senjaku II
Aburaya Kuheiji Arashi Kichisaburô VII
Hiranoya Kyûemon Bandô Minosuke VI
Tenmaya Sôbei Asao Okuyama IV

January 1954: revival at the Shimbashi Embujô of the Nagauta-based dance "Taimen Hana no Harukoma", which is titled "Ataru Toshi Iwau Harukoma" and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Soga Jûrô Sukenari Ôkawa Hashizô II
Soga Gorô Tokimune Bandô Mitsunobu
Kudô Saemon Suketsune Kawarazaki Gonzaburô IV
Kobayashi no Asaina Kataoka Ichizô V
The courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô Sawamura Yoshijirô IV
Hachiman no Saburô Kataoka Daisuke
The courtesan Ôiso no Tora Onoe Kikuzô VI
Ômi no Kotôta Suketakaya Kodenji II

June 1971: revival at the Shimbashi Embujô of the drama "Banshû Sarayashiki"; the roles of Asayama Tetsuzan and the koshimoto Okiku are played by Kataoka Takao and Bandô Tamasaburô.

June 1989: the drama "Kaidan Botan Dôrô" using Ônishi Nobuyuki's script is staged for the first time with a full Kabuki casting, at the Shimbashi Embujô:

Roles Actors
Tomozô, Hagiwara Shinzaburô Kataoka Takao
Otsuyu, Otsuyu's ghost, Tomozô's wife Omine Bandô Tamasaburô
San'yûtei Enchô Nakamura Kankurô
Oyone's ghost Nakamura Mannojô
Genjirô's lover Okuni Nakamura Kotarô V
Miyanobe Genjirô Bandô Yasosuke V

January 2008: revival at the Shimbashi Embujô of "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura", which celebrates the 1070th anniversary of the Naritasan temple, where the Deity Fudô Myôô is worshipped, and which is staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The wicked priest Narukami, Kumedera Danjô, the deity Fudô Myôô, Abe no Kiyoyuki, Hayakumo no Ôji Ichikawa Ebizô XI
Princess Taema Nakamura Shibajaku VII
Fujiwara no Mototsune Ichikawa Monnosuke VIII
Bun'ya Toyohide Ichikawa Danjirô
The koshimoto Makiginu Ichikawa Emisaburô III
Ono Saemon Harumichi Ôtani Tomoemon VIII
Ono no Harukaze Sawamura Sônosuke III
The karô Yatsurugi Gemba, Kokuunbô (the Buddhist monk black cloud) Kataoka Ichizô VI
Yamagami Kanzô Ichikawa En'ya II
The page Hata no Hidetarô Ichikawa Shun'en II
The karô Hata no Mimbu, Hakuunbô (the Buddhist monk white cloud) Ichikawa Unosuke III
The Shimbashi Embujô
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