Sakura no Hana is a short story by Kiku Amino. Around the death of a stepsister who became the proprietress of a prosperous inn, it depicts family memory, illness, and views of life and death in a quiet, restrained style.

The pale image of cherry blossoms overlaps with family memory and the presence of death.

Namonaku Mazushiku Utsukushiku, Eien no Hito refers to the films and performances for which Hideko Takamine was recognized. In films portraying a deaf couple's life and a complex figure bound by love and resentment, her acting combined restraint with intensity.

Her word-transcending performance and the emotion beneath silence were recognized.

Irkutsk Story is a Soviet contemporary play directed by Jukichi Uno for Gekidan Mingei. Set around a Siberian construction site, it powerfully stages young workers' labor, love, and collective ethics.

At a Siberian construction site, the heat of young people's love and labor rises.

Takao Zange is a kiyomoto performance recognized through Shizutayu Kiyomoto's chanting. Through vocal line and expressive force, it brings forth the passion and remorse surrounding the courtesan Takao.

In the turns of the voice live Takao's passion and remorse.

A modern dance work choreographed by Midori Ishii to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. Rather than retelling the sacrificial story, it builds a group dance around nature, vitality, and the expressive force of the human body.

A stage work that receives shifting rhythms through the body and turns vital energy into group movement.

A production achievement by Yoshio Aoyama related to Puccini's opera Turandot. It brings an exotic court tale to the stage through visual design, music, and placement of characters, translating the opera's dramatic tension into a Japanese theatrical setting.

A theatrical realization of an opera where icy riddles and ardent courtship collide.

A multi-volume theatre encyclopedia compiled by the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University. It covers Japanese and international theatre, performers, venues, terminology, works, and institutions as a foundational reference for theatre studies.

A large specialist encyclopedia that lets readers approach theatre through people, works, venues, and institutions.