Kabuki theatre

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – 2008 URL: Description: Kabuki is a Japanese traditional theatre form, which originated in the Edo period at the b…

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Bandō Tamasaburō V

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika. Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa in Shibaraku, performed in November, 1895. December 2015 was a special anniversary for me. It marked exactly 30 years since I began writing English translations and explanations for the earphone guide service at the Kabukiza and the National Theatre in Tokyo. The […]

Bando Tamasaburo

Kabuki is traditional Japanese theater with its origins in the Edo period. It was popular for the common townspeople, not the higher social classes.

A kabuki actor dressed in hoeki no sokutai probably acting in the Tale of Genji.

source: KABUKI by Shochiku

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