Dance and Theatre
Classical performing arts / Western ・ Contemporary
Classical performing arts
- The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Digital Archives Collection
(Waseda University) Library catalogs, playbills, scripts, etc. Cross-searchable
- Database List
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
Basic information on works
- Kabuki Performance Database
- Noh Performance Programs owned by RCCPA
(Kobe Women's University)
- Cultural Digital Library : Performance Records
(Japan Arts Council)
- Misemono Database
Late Edo era
Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes
- Research Center of Classic Performing Arts, Kobe Women's University : Collection Search
Tachibana Bunko Collection, etc.
- Chikamatsu Drama Research Institute
(Sonoda Women's University) Joruri,Kabuki
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search
National Theatre, National Noh Theatre, National Bunraku Theatre
- How to Search Translations of Noh and Kyogen, Website (Search Guide) (National Diet Library)
- References on Cultural Properties
(Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) "Yokyoku kai""Nohgaku gahou""Makuma", etc.
- Database of Book Catalogues about Puppet Play
Bunraku,Joruri
Playbills
- TOKYO Archive
(Tokyo Metropolitan Library)
- Digitized Playbill Database
(University of Tokyo)
- Shochiku Otani Library Collection, Shibai Banzuke Browsing System
-1944
- Historiographical Institute, The University of Tokyo Database
- Database of the Surimono Select "項目検索" and check "番附" in 形態分類, "芝居・浄瑠璃・歌謡" in 内容分類
- Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts
(National Institute of Japanese Literature) Select"Search Work", Input "番附" in Category field
- Hankyu Culture Archives : Colored Woodblock Prints and Playbills
Select "番付/すべて" in "詳細検索", select "番付/役割" if you want to search "役割番付"
- Shibai Banzuke (Kabuki Playbills) Portal Database
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- Cultural Digital Library : Bunraku Materials (Playbills)
(Japan Arts Council) 1891-1959
Scripts
- Shochiku Otani Library Collection, GHQ-censored Scripts Browsing System
Kabuki
- Shochiku Otani Library Collection, Gidayu Scripts Browsing System
- Noh Chant Books (Utaibon)
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University)
- Collection of Thwacking Boards or Blocks for Printing Utaibon owned previously by the Hinoki Shoten
(Kobe Women's University) Utaibon
Digital sound recordings
- Historical Recordings Collection (National Diet Library)
- Rōkyoku (Naniwabushi) Digital Archive
(International Research Center for Japanese Studies)
Western ・ Contemporary
Basic information on works
- JAPAN 2.5-DIMENSIONAL MUSICAL ARCHIVES
(JAPAN 2.5-DIMENSIONAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION)
- Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records
(Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University)
- ACL Contemporary Theater Criticism Archive
- Ballet Archive
(Showa University of Music) Domestic performance, 1940s-
- Chronological database of performances of traditional Japanese theater
(Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University) Joruri, Kabuki, Shimpa, Shingeki
Library catalogs ・ Bibliographies ・ Indexes
- Ikeda Bunko
Takarazuka Revue, article index available
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search
New National Theater, Tokyo
- Database of Book Catalogues about Puppet Play
including books and pamphlets from outside Japan
- Saitama Arts Theater theater arts archives
Scripts
- Simply Scripts
- Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records
(Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University)
- Theater League Scenario League
- ZA-KOENJI Public Theatre Archive
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search
New National Theater, Tokyo
- Japanese Drama Database
(The Japan Foundation)
- Playtext Digital Archives
Pamphlets
- Eiryo Ashihara Collection (Search Guide) (National Diet Library) Ballet, drama and circus ※Permission is required to use some materials out of this collection.
- Contemporary Theatrical Performance Records
(Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University)
- Suruga-ya
- Japan Arts Council Collection Search
New National Theater, Tokyo
Digital sound recordings
- Historical Recordings Collection (National Diet Library)