is a collection of kabuki plays strongly associated with the Onoe Kikugorà  line of kabuki actors. Akin to the Kabuki Jà «hachiban ("Kabuki Eighteen") of the Ichikawa Danjà «rà  lineage, the compilation of the Shinko engeki jisshu was begun by Onoe Kikugorà  V and completed by his son Onoe Kikugorà  VI.
These represent the greatest plays of the Bakumatsu (c. 1853âÂÂ1867) and Meiji periods (1868âÂÂ1912), and many were written by Kawatake Mokuami the most celebrated playwright today of that period. The premiere of each of these plays featured either Kikugorà  V, his grandfather Onoe Kikugorà  III, or his son Kikugorà  VI, and the Onoe family continues to dominate the leading roles in these plays today.
Rakan and Kodera no Neko were performed first by Kikugorà  III; Migawari Zazen and Osakabe Hime were added to the list by Kikugorà  VI.