Special Performance

Special Performance
[Biwa, Noh & Kyogen]

*Performance Schedule
DATE: Friday, November 20, 2026
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
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*Title and Main performer
Chikuzen-biwa: Dainankō (The Great Lord Kusunoki) / OKUMURA Kyokusui
Kyogen: Hakuyō (The Blind Biwa Borrower) / TAKAZAWA Yūsuke (Izumi school)
Noh: Kusu-no-tsuyu (Kusunoki Masashige's Farewell to His Child) / YAMASHINA Yaemon (Kanze school)
*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 7,300 yen
-Side-stage seat 5,700 yen (Students 4,000 yen)
-Middle-stage seat 4,600 yen (Students 3,200 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., Saturday, October 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.) However, for this performance, the box office will remain open until the start time.
*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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Dainankō (The Great Lord Kusunoki)

Chikuzen biwa, a storytelling art form created in the early modern era, narrates the “Farewell at Sakurai” between the Great Lord Kusunoki Masashige and his son Kusunoki Masatsura, followed by Masashige's final moments at Minatogawa.

Hakuyō (The Blind Biwa Borrower)

When the blind performer Hakuyō goes to borrow a biwa (a Japanese lute), a blind official, a kōtō, has also arrived on the same errand. An argument begins over who will get the one available biwa…

Kusu-no-tsuyu (Kusunoki Masashige's Farewell to His Child)

Before going into battle, the Great Lord Kusunoki Masashige attempts to send his son, Masatsura, home. However, Masashige’s retainer, Onchi Mitsukazu, who witnesses the father and son farewell…