Rokumeikan is a four-act costume drama by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.
It was commissioned by the Bungakuza group for its 20th anniversary, and its first run was from 27 November to 9 December 1956 at the Daiichi Seimei Hall, with Haruko Sugimura playing Asako and Nobuo Nakamura playing Kageyama.
By many accounts, it was the most successful play by Mishima and has been revived on several occasions.
[3] An opera based on the play by Shin’ichirō Ikebe was premiered by the New National Theatre Tokyo in 2010.
[4] On 3 November 1886, the Emperor's birthday, a ball is to be held at the Rokumeikan, or Deer Cry Hall, in Tokyo.