• Planning & production: Midori Co., Ltd. http://www.midori-japan.co.jp/

• Cooperation for production: Symphonic Corporation http://www.symphonic.co.jp/

• Photographs and materials furnished by (No special order is observed)

• Tokyo National Museum

• Kyoto National Museum

• Seikado Bunko Art Museum

• Tokyo Metropolitan Library

• Shikoku Kompira Kabuki secretariat

• Production staff

• Chief producer • Producer • Director • Text writer/Coordinator • Designer • Animated picture compilation • Programmer

Watanabe Norihiko Furuya Yukio Someya Masanao Takaba Masato (TOSHIBA DOCUMENTS CORPORATION) Izawa Tetsuro Takaba Masato / Azami Tomoko Saga Ayumi

• Production & writing: Japan Arts Council Special Public Corporation http://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/

• Cooperation by

• Shochiku Co., Ltd.

• Organization for the Preservation of Kabuki

• Japan Actors' Association

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