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Kabuki
歌舞伎 kabuki


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Kabuki - developed during the Edo period (1600-1868) - was in contrast to , the popular culture of the townspeople. In the early years, both, men and women acted in kabuki plays. Later the Tokugawa shogunate forbade the acting to women, a restriction that survives to the present day. Several male kabuki actors are specialized in playing female roles ( = onnagata).


posters of kabuki stars

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NAKAMURA Ganjirô
as Heike princess "Kochô"
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MATSUMOTO Kôshirô IX
as "Benkei"
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KATAOKA Nizaemon XV
as "Fujiya Izaemon"
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UMESAWA Tomio - poster in Ningyô-chô / Tôkyô
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UMESAWA Tomio - Ningyô-chô  (2)
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UMESAWA Tomio - Ningyô-chô / Tôkyô  (3)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
"Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji"
 
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III in dem Stück Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - Kiyo-hime loves a monk and turnes later into a killing snake
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji  (3)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji  (4)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji   (5)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji  (6)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji   (7)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji  (8)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji   (9)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji   (10)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Kyôkanoko-musume-dôjôji
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
"Futa-omote-dôjôji"

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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
playing woman (= onnagata)
in Futa-omote-dôjôji
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Futa-omote-dôjôji  (2)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Futa-omote-dôjôji  (3)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Futa-omote-dôjôji  (4)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Futa-omote-dôjôji  (5)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
Futa-omote-dôjôji  (6)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III
"Kurozuka"

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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - scene from Kurozuka
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - scene from Kurozuka
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - Kurozuka  (2)
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ICHIKAWA Ennosuke III - Kurozuka  (3)
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ICHIMARU Manjirô II
"Fuji-musume"

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transforming into a woman
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transformation  (2)
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transformation  (3)
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transformation  (4)
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transformation  (5)
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transformation  (6)
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transformation  (7)
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transformation  (8)
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transformation  (9)
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transformation  (10)
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transformation  (11)
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transformation  (12)
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transformation  (13)
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transformation  (14)
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transformation  (15)
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transformation  (16)
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transformation  (17)
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transformation - completion
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fuji-musume = "glyzinia girl"
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fuji-musume  (2)
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fuji-musume  (3)
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fuji-musume  (4)
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fuji-musume  (5)
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fuji-musume  (6)
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