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Kabuki - Online Paper

Kabuki


is a traditional form of Japanese theater. Created around the year 1600, around the same time the English began to form colonies on the American continent, the history of is as long as that of the United States and just as multi-faceted. Okuni, a shrine maiden from Izumo Shrine, created . Her performances in the dry riverbeds of the ancient capital of Kyoto caused a sensation and soon their scale increased and a number of rival companies arose.
During the period generally referred to as the Edo Era, during which much of the development of took place, distinction between the warrior class and the commoners was more rigidly observed than at any other time in Japan's history. Mainly the ...

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this way today.
Early was much different from what is seen today and was comprised mainly of large ensemble dances performed by women. Most of these women acted as prostitutes off stage and finally the government banned women from the stage in an effort to protect public morals, just one in a long history of government restrictions placed on the theater. The players of the drama in its primitive stage were principally women, and with the increasing popularity of , many of the actresses began to attract undue attention from male admirers. The authorities felt that this would lead to a serious demoralization of the public and in 1629 the theatrical appearance of women was officially banned.
However, since as an art form was already accepted by the public, men immediately took over and have continued performing to the present. The ban on actresses was in effect for about 250 years. In the meantime brought to perfection the art of the onnagata. Men who play the roles of women ...

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Added: 9/22/2006 10:48:15 PM
Category: Arts
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 779
Pages: 3

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