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THEATER TRADITION Noh Bunraku Trad. Instruments Edo Period

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese form of theater with its origins in the Edo period. Kabuki, in contrast to older forms of art, was also enjoyed by the members of lower social classes. Kabuki plays are about historical events, moral conflicts in love relationships, and the like. The actors use an old fashioned Japanese which is difficult to understand even for many Japanese people. The actors speak in a monotonous voice and are accompanied by traditional Japanese instruments. The kabuki stage (kabuki no butai) is a rotating stage and is further equipped with several gadgets like trapdoors through which the actors can appear and disappear. Another specialty of the kabuki stage is a footbridge (hanamichi) that leads through the audience. In the early years, both, men and women, played Kabuki; but later on the Tokugawa shogunate forbade the acting to women. Nowadays, the actors are still only men, and some of them are specialized in playing the female roles. During a kabuki play, fanatic fans in the audience shout the names of their favorite actors in the right moments during short pauses - a phenomena that is better known for sports events than for theater performances in the west.

KABUKI Kabuki for everyone (Fix Index) Everything about Kabuki. Kabukiza Online (Inter Ginza G7) About the Kabuki theater in Ginza. Facts Japan - Kabuki (Asian studies at the U. of Texas) General information. Kabuki (Best of Vancouver) General information. Kunijo Kabuki Ekotoba (Kyoto University Library) An illustrated manuscript of Japanese classical play Kabuki. Chuchingura Text (Spencer Museum of Art) Summary of one of the most famous plays about the revenge of the 47 samurai. Kabuki for everyone (Fix Index) Everything about Kabuki. Kunijo Kabuki Ekotoba (Kyoto University Library) An illustrated manuscript of Japanese classical play Kabuki.

November 9, 1997 In Deutsch

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