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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...
    60 KB (6,758 words) - 22:44, 15 May 2024
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    Kabukichō (redirect from Kabuki-cho)
    of Kabukichō. The district's name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater, and although the theater was never built, the name stuck. The area...
    31 KB (2,600 words) - 08:26, 1 May 2024
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    Izumo no Okuni (category Kabuki playwrights)
    invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. She is thought to have begun performing her new art style of kabuki (lit. 'the art of singing and dancing')...
    12 KB (1,227 words) - 20:45, 20 April 2024
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    Akihisa, born September 8, 1948), better known as The Great Kabuki (ザ・グレート・カブキ, Za Gurēto Kabuki), is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is famous...
    18 KB (1,652 words) - 13:38, 12 May 2024
  • Kamigata (category Kabuki)
    dance form than drama. After periods of women's kabuki (onna kabuki) and young men's kabuki (wakamono kabuki), in which the dancers/actors were also prostitutes...
    11 KB (1,566 words) - 12:53, 29 August 2023
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    performer in kabuki theatre. Since the word 'kabuki' is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning 'to lean' or 'to be out of the ordinary', kabuki can be...
    16 KB (1,807 words) - 20:51, 9 May 2024
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    single (and 14th overall), "Sakihokoru Hana no you ni (Neo Visualizm)"/"Kabuki Danshi", was released in Japan, which charted as twelfth. In July, a remixed...
    59 KB (5,454 words) - 16:41, 14 May 2024
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    American comic book artist and writer, known for his creator-owned series Kabuki and for co-creating with Joe Quesada the Marvel Comics superhero Echo. Mack...
    10 KB (843 words) - 05:51, 16 April 2024
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    Onnagata (category Kabuki)
    actors who play female roles in kabuki theatre. The modern all-male kabuki was originally known as yarō kabuki ('male kabuki') to distinguish it from earlier...
    9 KB (916 words) - 10:20, 14 May 2024
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    forms of drama in which music plays a significant role. The main forms are kabuki and Noh. Noh (能) or nōgaku (能楽) music is a type of theatrical music used...
    20 KB (1,910 words) - 12:35, 9 December 2023
  • Kabukibu! (category Fiction about Kabuki)
    Kabukibu! (カブキブ!, lit. "Kabuki Club!") is a light novel series written by Yūri Eda, with illustrations by Ishinoya. The series began on August 24, 2013...
    20 KB (1,689 words) - 02:33, 19 April 2024
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    Ishikawa Goemon (category Kabuki characters)
    goemonburo ("Goemon bath"). Ishikawa Goemon is the subject of many classic kabuki plays. The only one still in performance today is Kinmon Gosan no Kiri (The...
    11 KB (1,255 words) - 21:36, 17 March 2024
  • Ota had a lifelong involvement with kabuki theater, illustrating volumes on major kabuki plays and famous kabuki costumes. His two most important set...
    2 KB (257 words) - 16:17, 27 November 2021
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    Yotsuya Kaidan (category Kabuki plays)
    Japanese horror today. Written in 1825 by Tsuruya Nanboku IV [ja] as a kabuki play, the original title was Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan (東海道四谷怪談, Ghost Story...
    18 KB (2,405 words) - 05:43, 26 April 2024
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    theatre includes Noh, a spiritual drama, and its comic accompaniment kyōgen; kabuki, a dance and music theatrical tradition; bunraku, puppetry; and yose, a...
    15 KB (1,748 words) - 21:29, 25 April 2024
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    Kabuki-za (歌舞伎座) in Ginza is the principal theater in Tokyo for the traditional kabuki drama form. The Kabuki-za was originally opened by a Meiji era...
    8 KB (711 words) - 00:21, 10 May 2024
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    Kabuki syndrome (previously known as Kabuki-makeup syndrome (KMS) or Niikawa–Kuroki syndrome) is a rare congenital disorder of genetic origin. It affects...
    33 KB (3,368 words) - 07:06, 15 April 2024
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    started its business in 1895 by managing kabuki theaters in Kyoto, and in 1914, it also acquired ownership of the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo. In 1920, Shochiku...
    18 KB (1,971 words) - 06:49, 21 April 2024
  • WWE on the Raw brand. The stable features Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, and The Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane and Asuka). Bayley formed the group with Sky and Kai...
    41 KB (3,266 words) - 12:34, 15 May 2024
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    Mon (emblem) (category Kabuki)
    emblems on their shop signs, which became mon. In the Edo period (1603–1867), kabuki actors used mon, and the general public was allowed to choose and use their...
    25 KB (2,480 words) - 06:40, 13 May 2024
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