ACTORS: Tatsuoka Hisagiku and Tatsuoka Someemon.

PLAYS: "Megumi no Kenka" and "Umagiri".

PLAYWRIGHTS: Takeshiba Kisui, Tatsuoka Mansaku and Tenmaya Kyûshichi.

DERIVATIVES: Shibaraku Bôryokudan.

PROGRAMS: March 2015 (details for the National Theatre and Minamiza programs, full casting for the Kabukiza programs), April 2015 (Kabukiza, Minamiza, details for the Heisei Nakamuraza and Chûnichi Theatre programs) and May 2015 (Minamiza, New Green Leaves Tour, National Theatre, details for the Heisei Nakamuraza programs).

OTHERS: 10 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki play dictionary; a new illustration for the playwright Chikamatsu Tokuzô; a new summary for "Shunkan"; the summary for the "Ichiwakamaru Seppuku" scene of "Wada Gassen Onna Maizuru" is added; the summaries for the "Kutsukakemura" and "Sakanoshita" scenes of "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna" are added; the pages on the Arashi Sangorô, Bandô Takesaburô and Ichikawa Danjûrô line of actors are slightly reworked; a new illustration for late Bandô Mitsugorô X; details for the premiere of "Keisei Yanagi Zakura" in the 1st lunar month of 1793 in Ôsaka; details for the premiere of "Hade Kurabe Ishikawazome" in the 4th lunar month of 1796 in Ôsaka; details for the premiere of "Kami no Megumi Wagô no Torikumi" in March 1890 in Tôkyô; details for the premiere of "Sanzen Ryô Haru no Komahiki" in January 2014 in Tôkyô; the background image this month is the mon of late Bandô Mitsugorô X; a new illustration for Bandô Tamasaburô V; more details about the history of the Kiriza and a new illustration for this theater; ama, dazaifu tenmangû, jûshoku, kanze motokiyo, kenka, kerai, kikai-ga-shima, matsudaira chôshichirô, megumi, megumi no kenka, minamoto tôru, nakama, rantô, rantô jiken, shiba daijingû, shiba shinmeigû, shishigatani jiken, shishigatani no inbô, shunkan, shunkan, tokugawa iemitsu, tokugawa tadanaga, tomozuna, tôru, umagiri, yanagisawa-sôdômono, yotsuguruma daihachi and zeami motokiyo are added to the glossary.

ACTORS: Sodesaki Iroha I, Sodesaki Iseno I and Sodesaki Miwano I.

PLAYS: "Akegarasu" and "Keisei Yamato Zôshi".

PLAYWRIGHTS: Kyôgendô Sakô II.

CONTEMPORARY ACTORS: Nakamura Jûjirô.

ACTORS LINES: Ichikawa Kudanji, Sodesaki Iroha, Sodesaki Iseno and Sodesaki Miwano.

SOGAMONO: Moritaza 1723.

NI-NO-KAWARI: Kyôto 1723 and Ôsaka 1723.

THE KABUKI CLANS: the Sodesaki Clan.

PROGRAMS: February 2015 (more details for the programs at the Hakataza and the EX THEATER), March 2015 (Minamiza, National Theatre, details for the programs at the Kabukiza and at the Kagekiza, Ichikawa Ebizô Tour), April 2015 (Kanamaruza, Heisei Nakamuraza, Ichikawa Ebizô Tour) and May 2015 (Meijiza, Heisei Nakamuraza).

OTHERS: 7 new entries in the Japanese-English Kabuki play dictionary; the actor Sodesaki Karyû is from now on referenced as Karyû Sawaemon in our database; more details about Ichikawa Jukai III's career; more details about Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII and Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII name-taking ceremonies; a new illustration for the actors Onoe Kikugorô VII and Sakurayama Shôzaemon I; a new entry in our disclaimer; we've decided to get rid of an old anomaly regarding names like Tokubei, Chôbei, Gombei or Sôbei, which are from now on written Tokubê, Chôbê, Gonbê or Sôbê within kabuki21.com; a new illustration page for the actors Kanazawa Goheiji, Kataoka Nizaemon I, Matsumoto Shigemaki and Sanogawa Hanazuma I; the page on the Nakayama Kiraku line of actors is reworked; opening of a new section dedicated to the Lesser Known Actors (Ichikawa, Nakamura and Onoe); 1 new book referenced in the bibliography; hachidaime, hibachi, hoshino kanzaemon, jûdaime, jûgodaime, jûhachidaime, jûichidaime, jûnidaime, jûrokudaime, jûsandaime, jûshichidaime, jûyondaime, kakeochi, kotatsu, mamemaki, ôshôya, sanjûsangendô, setsubun, shichidaime, shinnai, tenmei kabuki, ugajin, wasa daihachirô and yuki are added to the glossary.