Shinobu Terajima’s Great Achievement! October Grand Kabuki performance is a “major turning point,” but the Kabuki world has mixed feelings about it.

It is safe to say that this is a historical accomplishment.

On July 18, Shochiku announced that Shinobu Terashima, 50, would appear in “Kinshu October Grand Kabuki: Bunshichi Genkai Monogatari,” which will mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Kabuki-za in October. As for women appearing at the Kabuki-za, Botan Ichikawa (12), the eldest daughter of Danjuro Ichikawa XIII Shirasaru, appeared in the Kabuki-za’s “December Grand Kabuki” last December, but this is the first time in history that an adult woman has appeared on stage in a main Kabuki-za performance as a main cast member. Terashima updated her blog on the same day.

As a challenge at the age of 50, I will do what I love with people I love! I was asked to do “Bunshichi-Genkai” just then. I have only one life, so I will work humbly and together so that the audience will enjoy the performance and not be plucked away by the Kabuki-za monster.

He also said, “I will not be plucked out by the monsters of the Kabuki-za,” a statement that was full of meaning. What was his true intention?

In an interview 20 years ago, she said, “I can never do what I want to do. In an interview 20 years ago, he said, “It’s a little bit painful that I can never do what I want to do and am not even given the opportunity to try. My whole life since then has been about giving up on that dream.

This time, that dream is finally coming true, but she knows that not everyone involved in Kabuki will welcome it with open arms. She is not asking who the “monster” is, but rather who has been protected for a long time. I think it is a sign of her determination to break with a long-held tradition,” says a reporter from a kabuki magazine.

There is also a lot of speculation about this decision. Some weekly magazines are saying,

The fact that the performance to unveil the new name of Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, Shochiku, was a flop, and the company decided that it could not turn its back on the tradition in order to attract more audiences.

The reason was that they needed a “jumping-off point” to get rid of the turmoil caused by the suspect, Ennosuke Ichikawa.

However, this is not the case.