Amaterasu Za will present Chushingura - 47 Ronin, adapted and directed by Ako Dachs, it will be performed mainly in Japanese with English subtitles. Chushingura - 47 Ronin will begin performances on ...

I am Takemoto Sakiju-dayu, a Tayu of Ningyo Joruri Bunraku.Since members of a traditional performing arts school generally share the same surname, I would be happy if you called me by my given name, ...

Chushingura is one of the most popular plays. It is based on a sensational historical incident when 47 masterless samurai avenged the death of their lord. Ainosuke explores it in a two-part series.

If you are interested in Japanese culture, you may have heard the term *Chushingura (忠臣蔵)*. It is Japan’s greatest revenge story, based on a real event from the Edo period. Even today, it continues to ...

As December draws near, the streets are decorated with Christmas ornaments and in Japan, concerts of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony are held all over the nation. In addition to these Western-inspired ...

The palace intrigue behind a mythic battle from 18th-century Japan is the subject of this bilingual play in Manhattan. By Elisabeth Vincentelli There is no getting around it: This show is far from ...

Amaterasu Za is presenting Chushingura - 47 Ronin, adapted and directed by Ako Dachs, it will be performed mainly in Japanese with English subtitles. Chushingura - 47 Ronin, which has begun ...

This sweeping historical epic has sometimes been labelled the Gone with the Wind of Japan; at any rate, it's almost the same length as Gone (the film was originally released in two parts). Chusha ...