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Kabuki is a term used by American political pundits as a synonym for political posturing. [1] It acquired this derogatory meaning after drawn out peace-time treaty negotiations between the United States and Japan which had extended to 1960, and because Japan, in an effort "to shed its image as a global marauder" sent kabuki theater tours to the ...
Kabuki (歌舞伎, かぶき) is a ... A number of stage tricks, including actors' rapid appearance and disappearance, employ these innovations. The term keren ...
In the kabuki theatre, the term is used to refer to melodramatic calls from an audience, or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music. It is a custom for people in the audience to insert kakegoe every so often, in praise of the actors on stage.
Kabuki dance, a term used by American political pundits as a synonym for political posturing Kabuki brush , a make-up brush "Kabuki", a song from the album Adult by Tokyo Jihen
An oshiguma (押隈) is an impression of the kumadori (face make-up) of kabuki actors on a piece of cloth, usually silk or cotton, created as an artwork and memento. Oshiguma are customarily made after the performance of a kabuki play, though not necessarily after every performance, and given as highly valued souvenirs of the event.
In gagaku (traditional Japanese court music) the term is tied with celebratory meaning to the last song of the day. In classic nōgaku theater there is a play known as Takasago, in which the term is used in a song at the end of the play. Today the term is used in kabuki and other types of performances as well. Sewanin (世話人) 'Assistant'.
The term "aragoto" is an abbreviation of the term "aramushagoto", which literally means "wild-warrior style". [3] The aragoto style was created and pioneered by Ichikawa Danjūrō I, [4] a kabuki actor in the Edo period (1603-1867), and has come to be epitomized by his successors in the Ichikawa Danjūrō line of kabuki actors.
Tachiyaku (立役, alt. tateyaku [1]) is a term used in the Japanese theatrical form kabuki to refer to young adult male roles, and to the actors who play those roles. Though not all tachiyaku roles are heroes, the term does not encompass roles such as villains or comic figures, which form their own separate categories.