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    Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater with roots in the Edo period. It features elaborate costumes, dramatic makeup, exaggerated movements and dynamic stage sets. Music is performed live using traditional instruments to enhance the visually stunning performances. Male actors take on both male and female roles, with specialized acting styles depending on the character. Kabuki costumes and makeup are bold and symbolic, clearly conveying the nature of each character.

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    Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater with roots in the Edo period. It features elaborate costumes, dramatic makeup, exaggerated movements and dynamic stage sets. Music is performed live using traditional instruments to enhance the visually stunning performances. Male actors take on both male and female roles, with specialized acting styles depending on the character. Kabuki costumes and makeup are bold and symbolic, clearly conveying the nature of each character.

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    Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater with roots in the Edo period. It features elaborate costumes, dramatic makeup, exaggerated movements and dynamic stage sets. Music is performed live using traditional instruments to enhance the visually stunning performances. Male actors take on both male and female roles, with specialized acting styles depending on the character. Kabuki costumes and makeup are bold and symbolic, clearly conveying the nature of each character.

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    Kabuki Opera

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    Kabuki
    Kabuki ( ) is a traditional
    Japanese form of theater with roots
    tracing back to the Edo Period. It is
    recognized as one of Japan's three
    major classical theaters along with
    noh and bunraku, and has been
    named as a UNESCO Intangible
    Cultural Heritage.

    Kabuki
    Kabuki is an art form rich in
    showmanship.
    It involves elaborately designed
    costumes, eye-catching make-up,
    outlandish wigs, and arguably most
    importantly, the exaggerated actions
    performed by the actors. The highlystylized movements serve to convey
    meaning to the audience.

    Kabuki
    Dynamic stage sets such as revolving
    platforms and trapdoors allow for the
    appearance/disappearance of actors.
    Another specialty of
    the kabuki stage is a
    footbridge
    (hanamichi) that
    leads through
    the audience,
    allowing for a
    dramatic entrance \
    or exit.

    Kabuki
    Ambiance is aided with live music
    performed using traditional
    instruments. These elements
    combine to produce a visually
    stunning and captivating
    performance.

    Vocal and Instrumental Features


    The music in kabuki is performed live, by
    shamisen players and an ensemble known
    as the hayashi. There are typically an
    equal number of shamisen players and
    singers. The onstage portion of the
    hayashi, known as the debayashi, has the
    same composition as the Noh hayashi; it
    consists of four or more performers of
    flute, kotzumi, otzumi, and shimedaiko.
    The flutist, however, plays not only the
    nokan (Noh flute), but also the shinobue
    and possibly other wind instruments as

    Kabuki
    The shamisen players, along with the
    debayashi performers, are typically
    located in a compartment at stage
    right, behind a screen, called a geza
    or kuromisu, while the remainder of
    the hayashi, including those
    performing sound effects such as
    bird and insect sounds, perform offstage.

    Roles and Characters


    Onnagata is the term used to describe a male actor
    who plays a female role: in traditional kabuki, all of the
    roles are played by men. Onnagata, of course, often
    couldn't rely on their physical beauty, although many of
    them had androgynous features. But by emphasizing
    and stylizing feminine movements and gestures, they
    are able to create a larger-than-life femininity.
    They take tiny steps with
    their knees pressed together
    and their toes pointed
    inward. Often the onnagata
    were so good at their roles
    that male audience members
    fell in love with them, and
    this could lead to some major
    quarrels.

    Wagoto is a term used to describe male


    characters played with a feminine acting
    style such as romantic leads. The acting
    style is close to that of the onnagata
    roles.
    The
    wagoto characters
    have a more narrow
    stance than the aragoto
    characters and their
    movement is more fluid
    in comparison. This
    acting style was popular
    in Osaka and Kyoto.

    Aragoto translates as "rough stuff or business"


    and refers to the super heroes and villains in
    kabuki plays, such as the character Narukami.
    Actors playing the aragoto role wear heavily
    padded costumes and brightly colored face
    makeup.
    Aragoto characters
    are performed with a
    broad and bombastic
    style which was
    popularized in Tokyo.

    Make-up
    Kesho, kabuki make-up, provides an
    element of style easily recognizable
    even by those unfamiliar with the art
    form. Rice powder is used to create
    the white oshiroi base for the
    characteristic stage makeup, and
    kumadori enhances or exaggerates
    facial lines to produce dramatic
    animal or supernatural masks.

    The color of the kumadori is an


    expression of the character's nature:
    red lines are used to indicate passion,
    heroism, righteousness, other positive
    traits
    blue or black: villainy, jealousy, and
    other negative traits
    green: the supernatural
    purple: nobility

    Costume
    In Japanese Kabuki theatre, almost every
    element of a production is dictated by
    tradition. The type of character being
    portrayed is revealed through the application
    of conventions in the design and construction
    of a costume. The details of the designthe
    silhouette chosen, the colour combinations,
    the richness and texture of the fabric, and the
    type and amount of detailall combine to
    give indications of character as well as to
    make a strong visual impact.

    Kabuki costumes are made with bold colors


    and patterns, it is said, to heighten the drama
    of the performance. Some costumes are quite
    heavy, weighting over 20 kilograms, and
    have the folds and layers that have to be
    carefully positioned when the actors sits
    down. Kabuki costumes are usually discarded
    after one 25-day theater run because the
    brilliant colors fade in the bright lights and
    they smell bad from all the sweat.

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