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Kawai Ikuko: Women Who Embrace the Shadow

Night 2: Murasaki Shikibu "The Tale of Genji

2026/06/07(su.) 15:00 Starting

New National Theatre, Middle Theatre （Tokyo）

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Kawai Ikuko: Women Who Embrace the Shadow

This mono-opera depicts the world's oldest full-length novel, "The Tale of Genji," a work of Heian literature, with music performed by young Japanese instrumentalists and a string ensemble, shadows, and storytelling... in a new production.
In the second half, the world's first Japanese-Western mixed orchestra "Hibiki" will perform a concert of new and nostalgic masterpieces, in which familiar Japanese masterpieces and Japanese and Western instruments will resonate in dramatic harmony.

Program

  • Yugao - from "The Tale of Genji

    Ikuko Kawai

  • bluebird

    Ikuko Kawai

  • cherry blossom

    traditional Japanese poem

  • Ghibli Medley

    Joe Hisaishi

  • libertango

    Piazzolla

Performer

  • Ikuko Kawai

    violin

  • Toshaobu Fujisya (member of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies)

    Shinobue and Nohkan

  • Akinao Kominato

    shakuhachi

  • Yoshika Osasu

    biwa (Japanese lute)

  • Miho Kiba

    zheng (Chinese zither)

  • Mochizuki left-hand guardian dog (Pseudorasbora parva)

    drum

  • Eishin Fujisha

    drum

  • Ruriko Kasuga

    small double-reed wind instrument used in gagaku (made of bamboo, with 7 holes on top and 2 below)

  • Haruna Higashida

    free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music

  • Tomoyuki Asakawa

    harp

  • Order of Saito

    Cb.

  • Ensemble by members of the NHK Symphony Orchestra

  • Kikuchi Lab.

    dancer

  • Fumai Nagasawa

    dancer

Admission and ticket purchase

  • Admission fee

    SS seats with privilege ¥12,000 / SS seats ¥10,000 / S seats with privilege ¥10,000 / S seats ¥8,000 / A seats ¥6,000 / Under 25 seats ¥5,000
    SS Seat Pass ¥18,000 / S Seat Pass ¥14,000
    Special prize: Either the original anniversary newspaper (not for sale) or "LUNA" DVD

  • How to buy

    Kyodo Factory Ticket Center https://www.cnplayguide.com/kyodofactory/
    Phone 0570-025-500 Operator reception hours 10:00-18:00
    E-plus https://eplus.jp
    Pia https://t.pia.jp P code: 322-983
    Lawson https://l-tike.com L code: 36013
    New National Theatre Box Office 11:00 - 18:00 (only sales at the box office, cash payment only)
    *A handling fee will be charged in addition to the ticket price.

    The program and performers are different on the 6th and 7th. Please confirm in advance before purchasing tickets.

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