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• Exhibition00:20:49National Noh Theatre Special Exhibition 2021
  
  Japanese People and Nature: Noh and Japanese Art@ National Noh Theatre (April-June 2021)
• Japan Cultural ExpoRepresentation of Prayer
  March 12, 2021
  March 14, 2021
  Urahama Nenbutsu Kenbai
• Japan Cultural Expo01:23:41Moon, Snow and Flowers
  – Performing Arts Celebrating the Natural Beauty of Japan
  @ National Theatre (Feb. 2021)
• Kyogen00:32:46The Owl/ The Cicada/ The Sweetfish
  *With Special Footage
  
  National Noh Theatre Special Programme of Kyogen
  @ National Noh Theatre (May 2021)
• Noh00:35:07National Noh Theatre, Dissemination Performance in May
  
  *Video Recording of Performance without Audience@ National Noh Theatre (May 2021)
• Noh00:33:42Performed by Noh Actresses
  
  National Noh Theatre Special Program
  *Video Recording of Performance without Audience@ National Noh Theatre (April 2021)
• Dance/Music00:14:28A gathering in appreciation of dance and music, by stars and up-and-coming talent@ National Bunraku Theatre (May 2021)
• Bunraku00:12:31Keisei Awa no Naruto (The Courtesan and the Whirlpools of Awa)Kokaji (The Swordsmith)@ National Bunraku Theatre (April 2021)
• Bunraku00:14:05Kokusen'ya Kassen
  (The Battles of Coxinga)@ National Bunraku Theatre (April 2021)
• Bunraku00:10:46Hanakurabe Shiki no Kotobuki (The Dance of the Four Seasons)Koinyobo Somewake Tazuna (The Two-Colored Reins)@ National Bunraku Theatre (April 2021)
• Noh00:17:38Noh(Revival) Taisanmoku
  
  National Noh Theatre Special Program of Noh Performance
  -Humanity and Nature in Japan: Seasons-@ National Noh Theatre (April 2021)
• Japan Cultural Expo00:08:41The Spirit of Kabuki Dance:
  Kyoganoko Musume Dōjōji
  
• Japan Cultural Expo00:08:44The Appeal of Kabuki
  
• Japan Cultural ExpoJapan Cultural Expo Special Performance “Japanese Music, Song and Dance”
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• Japan Cultural ExpoTraditional Japanese Performing Arts
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• Kabuki00:10:11Toki wa Ima Kikyō no Hataage (The Time is Now!: Raising the Belflower War Banner)@ National Theatre (March 2021)
• Kabuki00:10:05Shitennō Oedo no Kaburaya (The Four Lieutenants of Demon Quelling Yorimitsu and the Miraculous Arrows of Edo)@ National Theatre (Jan. 2021)
• Gagaku00:15:03[Performance] Gyoyu: Music of the Court Ceremony[Performance] The Feasts of the Heian NobilityPre-Performance Event@ National Theatre (Nov. 2020)
• Bunraku00:09:06Meido no Hikyaku (The Courier from Hell)@ National Theatre (Feb. 2021)
• Bunraku00:11:48Kuruwa Bunshō (A Letter from the Pleasure Quarters)Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy)@ National Theatre (Feb. 2021)
• Bunraku00:10:26Gojōbashi (The Bridge at Fifth Avenue)Meiboku Sendai Hagi(The Troubles in the Date Clan)@ National Theatre (Feb. 2021)
• Bunraku00:51:21Discover BUNRAKU
  
  - Guidance in English
  - Ashiya Dōman Ōuchi Kagami(A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya Dōman)@ National Theatre (Dec. 2020)
• Bunraku00:12:14Discover BUNRAKU
  
  - Guidance
  - Tsubosaka Kannon Reigenki (The Miracle at Tsubosaka Kannon Temple)@ National Theatre (Sept. 2020)
• Rōkyoku00:19:56Rōkyoku Performance by Leading Performers@ National Bunraku Theatre (Feb. 2021)
• Bunraku00:10:32Imoseyama Onna Teikin
  (The Tales of Imoseyama)@ National Bunraku Theatre (Jan. 2021)
• Bunraku00:11:24Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi
  
  Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
  @ National Bunraku Theatre (Jan. 2021)
• Bunraku00:09:44Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami
  (Sugawara’s Secrets of Calligraphy)@ National Bunraku Theatre (Jan. 2021)
• Kabuki00:11:45Kumo ni Magō Ueno no HatsuhanaTsuru KameYuki no Shakkyō@ National Theatre (Dec. 2020)
• Kabuki00:10:37Sannin Kichisa Tomoe no Shiranami
  (Three Thieves Named Kichisa)@ National Theatre (Dec. 2020)
• Kabuki00:10:54Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi -Keyamura-Fumi UriSanja Matsuri@ National Theatre (Nov. 2020)
• Bunraku00:06:09Kanadehon Chūshingura
  (The Treasury of Forty-Seven Loyal Retainers)@ National Theatre (Dec. 2020)
• Bunraku00:07:17Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami
  (The Love Suicide of Ohan and Chōemon at the Katsura River)@ National Theatre (Dec. 2020)
• Bunraku00:06:31Ninin Kamuro (Two Girl Attendants to a Courtesan)Ashiya Dōman Ōuchi Kagami (The Magician Ashiya Doman and the Imperial Mirror)@ National Theatre (Dec. 2020)
• Japanese Dance00:19:16Traditional Kyoto-Osaka Dance
  
  Utō (Birds of Sorrow)
  Yamamura Tomogorō@ National Theatre (Nov. 2020)
• Japanese Dance00:16:02Traditional Kyoto-Osaka Dance
  
  Kanawa (Iron Crown)
  Inoue Yachiyo@ National Theatre (Nov. 2020)
• Japanese Dance00:12:26Traditional Kyoto-Osaka Dance
  
  Guchi (Complaint)
  Umemoto Umesakuya@ National Theatre (Nov. 2020)
• Japan Cultural Expo00:11:57
  Welcome to Yose
  － Daikagura / Rakugo－@ National Engei Hall (Aug. 2020)
• Bunraku00:16:17Kotobuki Ninin Sanbasō
  (Ceremonial Sanbasō)Komochi Yamanba
  (The Mountain Hag becomes a Mother)@ National Theatre (Sept. 2020)
• Bunraku00:20:26Yari no Gonza Kasane katabira
  (Gonza, the Lancer)@ National Theatre (Sept. 2020)
• Bunraku00:18:38Ehon Taikōki
  (A Picture Book of the Taikō Hideyoshi)@ National Theatre (Sept. 2020)