References

This blog would not have been possible without the Kabuki21 website (www.kabuki21.com), the most complete site on kabuki detailing the history, the plays, the actors and their genealogy, in short everything related to kabuki. A big "Thank you" to Régis Allègre, the passionate creator of this website and all our support for this fantastic work. You can read a very interesting interview here.

Websites on kabuki

• Kabuki21 www.kabuki21.com Everything you want to know about kabuki.......

• Kabuki play guide www.enmokudb.kabuki.ne.jp/en A guide to several plays with pictures and many information

• Invitation to kabuki https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/unesco/kabuki/en/index.html The Unesco website on kabuki, an excellent introduction to the world of Japanese theater

• Tsubouchi Theater Museum https://www.waseda.jp/enpaku/en/ Website of the Tsubouchi museum, Waseda University Tokyo

• Modern Japanese Performing Art Prints https://mjpap.com/index.html Website of Darrel C. Karl on 20th century prints and paintings for all performing arts, including kabuki

• Kabuki Kool https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/kabukikool/index.html NHK website (Japanese television) with videos of kabuki plays and explanation by Kataoka Ainosuke VI explaining what is happening behind the scene. Also worth noting, good explanations on the main kabuki words.

• Discover kabuki https://factsanddetails.com/japan/cat20/sub131/item715.html Interesting pages on the history of kabuki and special techniques

• Kabuki Woogie http://kabukiwoogie.blogspot.com/ The latest news with information on future performances

• Otowaya - Onoe Kikugoro http://otowaya.ne.jp/en/news/ Official page of the Otowaya clan, Kikugoro line of actors

Books on kabuki

• New Kabuki Encyclopedia Samuel L. Leiter Greenwood Press (1997) - An English adaptation of the "Kabuki jiten",

• Heroes of the Kabuki Stage Henk et Arendie Herwig Hotei Publishing (2004) - Presentation and illustrations of the most famous plays

• Photographic Kabuki Kaleidoscope Kimino Rinko et Ichikawa Somegoro Shogakukan (2016) - Visual guide describing the acteurs, the clothing, the accessories, etc.....

Books on Actors prints

• The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints Amy Reigle Newland Hotei 2005

• Stars of the Tokyo stage: Natori Shunsen Kabuki actor prints Lucie Folan National Gallery of Australia (2012)

• 春仙似顔画集 (Shunsen nigao gashū) (in Japanese) Natori Shunsen Editions Kimimizu-ya (2015)

• Kunisada Robert Schaap Hotei 2016

• Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka stage (1780-1830) Andrew C. Gerstle British Museum Press (2005)