Special Program of Noh Performance
[Disaster Rebuilding and the Traditional Performing Arts
Fifteen years after the Great East Japan Earthquake]
*Performance Schedule
DATE: Saturday, March 28, 2026
TIME: 1:00 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
*The finish time is an estimate and may vary.
*Title and Main performer
Kyogen(Revival): SAGI (The Heron) / Nomura Mansai
Noh(Revival): NATORI NO ROJO (The Aged Woman of Natori) / Takeda Takashi & Hosho Kazufusa
*Audio guide: No audio guide available.
*Subtitles: Available in English and Japanese. Displayed on individual screens on front seat backs.
*Admission (Including Tax)
-Front-stage seat 7,000 yen
-Side-stage seat 5,400 yen (Students 3,800 yen)
-Middle-stage seat 4,400 yen (Students 3,100 yen)
*Tickets for students and persons with disabilities are available online. Purchases with other discounts are not accepted. Wheelchair spaces are available. For more details, please contact the Box Office.
Seating Plan
*Reservation (Telephone / Internet):
Available from: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 10
*Tickets may be purchased at the National Noh Theatre box office and ticket vending machines from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Only on National Noh Theatre performance days. (Ticket sales start the day after telephone and internet reservations begin.)
*We do not hold tickets separately for over-the-counter purchases.
*National Theatre Ticket Centre (10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
[Tel.] 0570-07-9900/03-3230-3000 (for some IP phones)
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SAGI (The Heron)
Arriving home, his master asks Taro Kaja about his sightseeing trip to the capital. After relating the anecdote about the Emperor Engi granting the title to the heron in Shinsen -en garden, Taro Kaja performs a dance imitating the heron. This is a revival performance of the revised script that has been passed down exclusively within the Sagi School.
NATORI NO ROJO (The Aged Woman of Natori)
A yamabushi (ascetic monk) from Kumano visits an aged woman who lives in Natori, in the Tohoku region of Japan. He presents her with a nagi tree leaf into which worms have eaten holes that form a divine poem. When the aged woman cries tears of joy for the virtuous deeds of others and performs a sacred dance, a guardian deity of Buddhism, a messenger of the god of Kumano, appears. The deity blesses the aged woman and promises peace and stability for the nation.
