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Pages in category "Kabuki characters" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acala; Asano Naganori;
Kabuki switched to adult male actors, called yaro-kabuki, in the mid-1600s. [9] 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.
Kabuki characters (43 P) F. Fiction about Kabuki (2 C, 3 P) K. Kabuki families (6 C) T. Kabuki theatres (1 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Kabuki" The following 55 pages ...
Pages in category "Kabuki actors" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bandō Kakitsu I;
Kanjinchō (勧進帳, The Subscription List) is a kabuki dance-drama by Namiki Gohei III, based on the Noh play Ataka. [1] It is one of the most popular plays in the modern kabuki repertory. [2] Belonging to the repertories of the Naritaya and Kōritaya guilds, the play was first performed in March 1840 at the Kawarazaki-za, in Edo.
Ukiyo-e art flourished in Japan during the Edo period from the 17th to 19th centuries. The artform took as its primary subjects courtesans, kabuki actors, and others associated with the ukiyo "floating world" lifestyle of the pleasure districts. Alongside paintings, mass-produced woodblock prints were a major form of the genre. [1]
Ichikawa Danjūrō (市川 團十郎) is a stage name taken on by a series of Kabuki actors of the Ichikawa family. Most of these were blood relatives , though some were adopted into the family. It is a famous and important name, and receiving it is an honor.
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜), or Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, is a Japanese play, one of the three most popular and famous in the kabuki repertoire. [a] Originally written in 1747 for the jōruri puppet theater by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I, it was adapted to kabuki the following year.