The Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo is ending the year 2000 with two selections of plays and dance numbers befitting the occasion.

This month's lead actors are Danjuro Ichikawa, Ennosuke Ichikawa, Koshiro Matsumoto, Ennosuke's younger brother Danshiro, Yasosuke Bando, Shikan Nakamura and Sojuro Sawamura.

The afternoon program consists of "Kaka Saiyuki" followed by a set of two dances performed by Yasosuke Bando, "Oharame (The Peddler from Ohara)" and "Kuniiri Yakko (A Servant Leading a Lord's Procession)," and "Kochiyama" followed by the comical "Migawari Zazen (Proxy Meditation)."