The Kabuki

Theatre
The Kabuki’s origin
 歌 舞 伎
KA BU KI
(song) (dance) (skill)
The history of Kabuki theatre
- 17th century
- Izumo no Okuni collected a group of wandering
females who danced and acted
- The dances were too disruptive for the government
-> they banned women from performing Kabuki

Since then, only men are playing roles in a traditional

Kabuki theatre.
Staging

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Costumes

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Kabuki movements and gestures
There are three main types of characters in Kabuki theatre:

- Onnagata - male actors who play female roles

- Aragoto - refers to super heroes or villains

- Wagoto - male roles, but played with a feminine acting style

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My own sources
Mie pose
MIE - In order to show rising emotions and other
expressions, the actor pauses while making a
temporary pose during the performance, which has
the effect of creating a closeup of the character. The
tsuke clappers (wooden blocks striking on a board)
are often used during performing a mie pose.

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THE MOMENT OF THEATRE
My own sources
Kabuki vs Noh
- the movement patterns are similar, however:
KABUKI NOH

describes a type of character describes emotions

- Kabuki theatre is younger than Noh

- In the lower body, the knees are slightly bent
- In the upper body, the arms are slightly bent, elbows out, making a kind
of circle shape with the arms and in the right hand a fan is held.
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終わり
THE END