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Adult male actors, however, continued to play both female and male characters, and kabuki retained its popularity, remaining a key element of the Edo period urban life-style. Although kabuki was performed widely across Japan, the Nakamura-za, Ichimura-za and Kawarazaki-za theatres became the most widely known and popular kabuki theatres, where ...
The character of Sukeroku in Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura wears mukimi kuma kumadori, and is the epitome of a handsome kabuki hero attempting to win the love of a high-ranking courtesan. Zare-Guma ( ざれ隈 , "playful" kumadori ) - the style of kumadori used for comic villains; though the kumadori is red, the lines used make the character ...
Aragoto (荒事), or 'rough style', [1] is a style of kabuki acting that uses exaggerated, dynamic kata (forms or movements) and speech. Aragoto roles are characterised by the bold red or blue makeup ( kumadori ) worn by actors, as well as their enlarged and padded costumes. [ 2 ]
The mie (見え or 見得, Japanese pronunciation:), a powerful and emotional pose struck [1] by an actor, who then freezes for a moment, is a distinctive element of aragoto Kabuki performance. Mie means 'appearance' or 'visible' in Japanese , and one of the primary purposes of this convention is to draw attention to a particularly important or ...
A 19th century carved nut, depicting the mask of Hyottoko. Hyottoko (火男) is a comical Japanese character, portrayed through the use of a mask. His mouth is puckered and skewed to one side. Some masks have different eye sizes between the left and right eyes. He is often wearing a scarf around his head (usually white with blue dots).
In Kabuki, all the roles are played by men, including beautiful princesses — a role Maholo accomplishes stunningly in his official stage debut as Maholo Onoe at the Kabuki Theater in downtown Tokyo.
Japanese Nanatsumen (七つ面) is a play in the Kabuki repertoire, and one of the celebrated Kabuki Jūhachiban ("Eighteen Great Plays"). The play is known in English as The Seven Masks .
Kyoto geisha Toshimana holding a Nōh mask, wearing full make-up and a katsura (wig). Oshiroi (白粉) is a powder foundation traditionally used by kabuki actors, geisha and their apprentices. The word is written with kanji meaning "white powder", and is pronounced as the word for white (shiroi) with the honorific prefix o-.