How one woman is rewriting kabuki’s ‘all-male’ narrative in Japan
South China Morning Post
September 2026

by Zabrina Lo

Ranshou Fujima, a female kabuki dancer and archivist, is reimagining the onnagata tradition through a landmark exhibition in Tokyo

RANSHOU Reopens Tokyo’s Closed National Theatre for ‘FUTURE HISTORY’ Exhibition
HYPEBEAST
August 2026

by Zoe Leung

The two-day takeover grants public access directly onto the Grand Theatre Stage to reframe three centuries of classical Kabuki.

閉場中の国立劇場を舞台に RANSHOU による展覧会「FUTURE HISTORY」が開催
HYPEBEAST Japan
August 2026

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『京鹿子娘道成寺』を軸に100点以上の作品や資料を通して歌舞伎舞踊・女形の〈系譜〉と〈型〉を紐解く。

Tokyo’s National Theatre Reopens — But Not for a Kabuki Performance
Tokyo Weekender
September 2026

by Ynes Sarah Filleul

For two days only, Ranshou’s Future History exhibition will bring centuries of onnagata history, kabuki dance and theatrical culture onto the National Theatre’s stage

閉ざされた劇場に立ち現れる、古典の“現在”
目の眼
August 2026

歌舞伎舞踊・女形の代表作『京鹿子娘道成寺』（1753 年、江戸・ 中村座初演）を中心に、１００点以上にのぼる当時の作品や資料を通して、 歌舞伎舞踊・女形の成立と継承を支えた思想的・文化的・社会的背景に迫るものだ。古典を過去の遺産としてではなく、女性の身体を通した「現在」として提示するその姿勢は伝統の捉え直しを強く迫る気配に満ちている。

閉場中の国立劇場で、2日間だけ「舞台」が開かれる。歌舞伎舞踊・女形300年史を辿る展覧会が開催
BRUTUS
August 2026

建て替えのため閉場中の国立劇場・大劇場が特別に開かれ、展覧会『FUTURE HISTORY 歌舞伎舞踊・女形の〈系譜〉と〈型〉』が開催される。主催・企画・キュレーションを手がけるのは、舞踊家・藤間蘭翔が代表を務める〈RANSHOU〉。会場は客席ではなく、なんと舞台の上だ。

FUTURE HISTORY
e-flux
August 2026

e-flux Agenda

FUTURE HISTORY: Lineage and Form of Onnagata brings together more than 100 works and materials from the seventeenth century to the present to examine how “kabuki-buyō” (kabuki dance) and onnagata have been formed, visualized, embodied, and transmitted across time.

RANSHOU Archives & Collection on the Google Arts & Culture
Google Arts & Culture
March 2026

The RANSHOU Archives & Collection focuses on ukiyo-e and materials related to classical kabuki dance (kabuki-buyō)—especially the art of the onnagata | 女形. It offers a distinctive lens through which to trace the emergence and development of kabuki-buyō from the eighteenth century onward. At its core is a body of materials assembled by Ranshou Fujima | 藤間蘭翔, the director of the Archives and an active dancer specializing in kabuki-buyō.