What is Kabuki?

Kabuki is for the Japanese, because maybe Shakespearian Theater is for the English or traditional opera Italians. It has become an artistic shortcut for the culture that created it, although it has been variable native interest over the years. Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater, combining elements of dance, music, pantomime and drama. The performers often wear exaggerated costumes and extreme make -up to define their characters, using rice flour to create a porcelain effect for their skin. These performances became so well known that many other dancers and musicians have created their own Kabuki company. However, because these artists played primarily to the lower class in the dubious parts of the city, the Kabuki Theater was not accepted by the patrons of the upper class who dominated the “right” places. It is to do the most things that some of the female artists Kabuki have become popular for their obscene songs and suggestive dances, just like the American Burlesque Show. Prostitution has also become a common practice after the performance of Kubuki. INEhšeré has led to the government ban on all women from the future Kabuki production.

As well as Shakespearian Theater Companies, Kabuki has replaced male actors called onnagata in female dramatic roles. Some of the men onnagata continued to follow examples of forbidden women for a short time, but Kabuki Theater generally became much more sophisticated. The emphasis has moved from the original line dance to dramas and a comedy based on the current topics of betrayal, political intrigues and misconceptions. The Kabuki actors also studied the movements and dialogue of the popular puppet theater forms called Bunraku .

When the Kabuki Theater received a very needed respect from the government and upper classes, it has become a popular cultural export for Japanese diplomats. Although the foreign performance of Kabuki was often expensive, it created a huge amount of goodwill and positive, thoughFor anachronistic, foreign view of traditional Japanese culture.

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Kabuki Theater Group suffered huge losses during World War II. It took several decades to build a sufficient number of trained actors to replace those lost in combat or damage. Meanwhile, other performance stores such as Western style, movies and television theater are attracted to young male actors. The Kabuki Theater is often considered to be a good proven land, similar to soap operas in the west, but is not suitable for a lifelong career.

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Kabuki Theater remains relatively popular among the native Japanese theater visitors, in the same spirit as Shakespearerian Productions remains popular among the inhabitants of the West. Many Kabuki performances are now focused on tourists looking for a look at the traditional Japanese culture from the time before the Western influence.