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Kabuki (歌舞伎, かぶき) is a classical form of Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily stylised performances, its glamorous, highly decorated costumes, and for the elaborate kumadori make-up worn by some of its performers. The term kabuki originates from a verb that was ...
Musume Dōjōji. Kyōganoko Musume Dōjōji (京鹿子娘道成寺), commonly called Musume Dōjōji (娘道成寺, " The Maiden at Dojoji Temple "), is a kabuki dance drama. [1] It is the oldest surviving Noh -based Kabuki dance drama, which tells the story of a maiden who dances before a bell in the Dōjō-ji temple and then reveals herself ...
Kabuki combines music, drama, and dance, often using period-accurate costumes and intense choreography. Types of kabuki play include jidaimono (historical plays) and sewamono ("contemporary" plays), as well as shosagoto ( ' dance-drama ' ) plays primarily focused around set dance pieces.
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura. 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 ...
Nagauta. SakeCup by Santō Kyōden, 1783–1784, a meriyasu. Nagauta (長唄, literally "long song") is a kind of traditional Japanese music played on the shamisen and used in kabuki theater, primarily to accompany dance and to provide reflective interludes. [ 1 ]
Nakamura Shikan VII in September 1955 in the kabuki-buyō play Kagami-Jishi. Nihon-buyō (日本舞踊, lit. 'Japanese dance') refers to the classical Japanese performing art of dance. Nihon-buyō developed from earlier dance traditions such as mai and odori, and was further developed during the early Edo period (1603–1867), through the ...
Genre. shosagoto. Renjishi (連獅子), or Two Lions, is a kabuki dance with lyrics written by Kawatake Mokuami, choreography by Hanayagi Jusuke I and music by Kineya Shōjirō III and Kineya Katsusaburō II, first performed in 1872. Originally staged for a private dance recital in 1861, it was later expanded and reused in July 1872 as the ...
Fuji Musume (藤娘, The Wisteria Maiden) is a kabuki dance with lyrics written by Katsui Genpachi, choreography by Fujima Taisuke and music by Kineya Rokusaburô IV, first performed in 1826. [1] Originally part of a set of five different dances performed as a sequence, Fuji Musume is the only one that has survived. [2]