Special Performance

Special Performance
[Biwa & Noh]

*Performance Schedule
DATE: Saturday, November 21, 2026
TIME: 1:00 p.m
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*Title and Main performer
Heikyoku: Sentei Gojusui (The Tragic Death of a Young Emperor) / SUDA Seishū
Noh: Ikarikazuki (Submerging the Anchor
(based on a classic text)) / UMEWAKA Kishō
　*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.)
*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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Sentei Gojusui (The Tragic Death of a Young Emperor)

This play narrates the scene of the drowning of the Emperor Antoku, symbolizing the extinction of the Taira clan, through Heikyoku, recitation of the Tale of the Heike while playing the biwa (a Japanese lute).

Ikarikazuki (Submerging the Anchor [based on a classic text])

Taira no Tomomori, a Taira warrior, witnessing the clan’s downfall at the Battle of Dannoura, lifts the anchor up to his head and plunges into the sea. A traditional staging that revives the classical performance style handed down from the Muromachi period.