One of the national theatres of Japan. Dating from the seventeenth century, the kabuki features magnificent flowing costumes; highly stylized scenery, acting, and makeup; and elaborately styled choreography.
melodramatic theatre (see noh)
A form of popular theatre with musical accompaniment and stylized voice and gesture. Make-up, costumes, and sets are very elaborate. First performed by women in early Edo, now performed only by men, who also play the women's parts.
Japanese tradional theater.
Popular form of theater that developed in the urban culture of Edo and which was an important subject of Japanese woodblock prints.
A ceremonial, ornate form of theater, kabuki features male actors, who play both female and male characters. They are usually outfitted in luxurious, classical wardrobes. Masks are prevalent as well. Common topics are the lives of court members and samurai.
One of the traditional forms of Japanese theatre, originating in the 1600s and combining stylized acting, costumes, makeup, and musical accompaniment.
Japanese theatre. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylisation of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by its performers.
Kabuki is a comic book series by artist and writer David Mack, first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by . The current miniseries, Kabuki: The Alchemy, is being published by Marvel Comics under its imprint Icon Comics. The series concerns an assassin belonging to a special, government-backed circle of masked and costumed female enforcers called the Noh in near-future Japan and her struggle for her identity.
