Performance Date

Saturday, April 4 – Sunday, April 26, 2026
※No performance on Friday, April 10 ＆ Monday, April 20

Performance Time

Part1 11:00 - 14:15
Part2 15:00 - 16:50
Part3 17:30 - 19:50
*End times are estimates and could vary.

English language services

Program

【Part1】11:00 - 14:15
 - Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy)
  Michiyuki Kotoba no Amaikai (Travel Scene: Converting Things to Sweet Words)
  Kurumabiki (The Fight Over the Carriage)
  Chasen Zake (Celebrating with Sake on a Tea Whisk)
  Kenka (The Fight)
  Soshō (The Judgment)
  Sakuramaru Seppuku (Sakuramaru's Ritual Suicide)

【Part2】15:00 - 16:50
 - Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami (Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy)
  Kita Saga (The Refuge of Shōjō's Wife in Kita Saga)
  Terairi (The New Student)
  Terakoya (The Village School)

【Part3】17:30 - 19:50
 - Ninin Kamuro (The Little Girls in the Pleasure Quarters)
 - Hiragana Seisuiki (The Rise and Fall of the Genji Clan)
  Tsuji Hōin (The Fortune Teller)
  Kanzaki Ageya (The Teahouse at Kanzaki)
  Okuzashiki (The Innermost Room)

◆Explanation about "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"（Cultural Digital Library by Japan Arts Council）

Venue

National Bunraku Theatre
  1-12-10 Nippon-bashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-0073
  Tel. +81-6-6212-2531

How To Get Here?

By Trains
 - 1min. walk from Nippombashi Station
   (Exit 7, Osaka Metro Sakaisuji and Sennichimae Lines)
 - 1min. walk from Kintetsu-Nippombashi Station
   (Exit 7, Kintetsu Nara Line)
*You can find a lift at Exit 7＆10.

Ticket Prices (tax included)

【Part1】: 6,700yen (Student 4,700yen)
【Part2】: 6,000yen (Student 4,200yen)
【Part3】: 6,000yen (Student 4,200yen)
※SUGAWARA Set discount for Part 1＆2 = 12,000yen
※Set discount is available when purchased together.

*Wheelchair spaces are available. For more details, please contact the Box Office.

Booking Opens

Online & Telephone : 10:00 Sunday, March 8, 2026
Box Office : 10:00 Monday, March 9, 2026

Box Office
0570-07-9900
(From overseas: +81-3-3230-3000)
in Japanese and English
(10:00 - 18:00)

Click here to find the details about how to buy tickets.

(updated September 26, 2025)

What's BUNRAKU?

BUNRAKU is one of the representative traditional performing arts in Japan, designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2003.
Please see An Introduction to Bunraku to learn more about BUNRAKU.

Bunraku and National Bunraku Theatre are featured in an online article of "Tokyo Weekender" (page transition).