Kabuki

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 98. Chapters: Kabuki actors, Kabuki characters, Kabuki musicians, Kabuki plays, Kabuki playwrights, Kabuki theatres, Yukio Mishima, Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, The Battles of Coxinga, Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Yotsuya Kaidan, Kyoka Izumi, The Love Suicides at Amijima, Botan Doro, Benten Kozo, Bancho Sarayashiki, Konpira Grand Theatre, Shojo, Ishikawa Goemon, Kamigata, Actors' Analects, Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Nakamura Utaemon VI, Ichikawa Danjuro V, Nakamura Shido II, Ichikawa Danjuro IX, Yakusha-e, Matsunosuke Onoe, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., Leonard Pronko, Izumo no Okuni, Onoe Kikugoro V, Yoshizawa Ayame I, Kabuki-za, Nakamura Utaemon III, Kataoka Nizaemon XII, Sakata Tojuro IV, Bando Mitsugoro III, Ichikawa Ebizo XI, Ichikawa Danjuro VIII, Ronald Cavaye, Nakamura Kichiemon I, Nakamura Kichiemon II, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Bando Kakitsu I, Onnagata, Nakamura Utaemon IV, Matsumoto Koshiro VII, Jidaimono, Kawatake Mokuami, Henry Black, Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Shibaraku, Shinbashi Enbujo, Kanjincho, Onoe Kikugoro III, Nakamura Kantaro II, Bando Shuka I, Bando Mitsugoro VIII, Nakamura Kanzaburo, Matsumoto Hakuo I, Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII, Sada Yacco, Iwai Hanshiro VIII, Morita Kanya XIV, Bando Tamasaburo V, Ichikawa Danjuro XII, Genkuro, Ichimura Uzaemon XI, Mie, Kuroko, Tosha Roei, Ichikawa Ennosuke III, Hayashi, Tachiyaku, Tosha Rosen VI, Za Kabuki, Keren, Hanamichi, Kabuki Juhachiban, Iwai Hanshiro I, Nakamura Tomijuro V, Ichikawa Shunen II, Tosha Meisho, Kagema, Ichikawa Shinnosuke, Kabuki dance, Hyobanki, Kumadori, Nakamura Nakazo I, Shosuke Nakawa, Nakamura Umemaru, Namiki Sosuke, Torii Kiyomoto, Shumei, Namiki Gohei I, Shinko engeki jisshu, Namiki Shozo I, Aragoto, Meiji-za, Funa benkei, Hakata-za, Wagoto, Nagauta, Minami-za, Amayo no Sanbai Kigen, Misono-za, Goshaku Somegoro, Namiki Shozo II, Uwanari, Zamoto. Excerpt: Kabuki kabuki) is classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing (¿), dance (¿), and skill (¿). Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing." These are, however, ateji characters which do not reflect actual etymology. The kanji of 'skill' generally refers to a performer in kabuki theatre. Since the word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning "to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", kabuki can be interpreted as "avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre. The expression kabukimono (¿¿¿¿) referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed and swaggered on a street. The earliest portrait of Izumo no Okuni, the founder of kabuki (1600s)The history of kabuki began in 1603 when Okuni of Izumo, possibly a miko of Izumo Taisha, began performing a new style of dance drama in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto. Japan was under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate, enforced by Tokugawa Ieyasu, who ruled with shogun of the Tokugawa family. The name of the Edo period derives from the relocation of the Tokugawa regime from its former home in Kyoto to the city of Edo, present-day Tokyo. Female performers played both men and women in comic playlets about ordinary life. The style was immediately popular, and Okuni was asked to perform before the Imperial Court. In the wake of such success, rival troupes quickly formed, and kabuki was born as ensemble dance and drama performed by women-a form very differe...