kabuki theater

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stage drama theatrical genre traditional Japanese performing art

Kabuki theater is a traditional Japanese performing art known for its stylized drama, elaborate costumes and makeup, and highly choreographed acting and dance.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Kabuki theater 0
Kabuki theatre 3
Chūshingura bunraku plays 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stage drama ⓘ
theatrical genre ⓘ
traditional Japanese performing art ⓘ
accompaniedBy hayashi ensemble NERFINISHED ⓘ
shamisen ⓘ
audienceSeating masu boxes ⓘ
costumeStyle heavily stylized ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
dateOfOrigin early 17th century ⓘ
developedInPeriod Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Izumo no Okuni NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic dance elements ⓘ
elaborate costumes ⓘ
elaborate makeup ⓘ
highly choreographed acting ⓘ
stylized drama ⓘ
hasGenre jidai-mono (period plays) ⓘ
sewa-mono (domestic plays) ⓘ
shosagoto (dance pieces) ⓘ
influenced global performing arts ⓘ
modern Japanese theater ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
majorTheater Kabuki-za NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minami-za NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shinbashi Enbujo NERFINISHED ⓘ
makeupStyle symbolic color patterns ⓘ
performanceStyle aragoto (rough style) ⓘ
mie (pose-holding) ⓘ
wagoto (soft style) ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Kyoto NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Bunraku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Noh theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalMusic gidayu-bushi ⓘ
nagauta ⓘ
tokiwazu ⓘ
typicalStageFeature hanamichi GENERATED ⓘ
mawari-butai (revolving stage) GENERATED ⓘ
seri (elevating platforms) GENERATED ⓘ
typicalTheme historical events ⓘ
moral conflicts ⓘ
romantic tragedy ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2008 ⓘ
uses elaborate stage machinery ⓘ
hanamichi (runway stage extension) NERFINISHED ⓘ
kumadori makeup ⓘ
onnagata (male actors playing female roles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
revolving stage ⓘ
trapdoors ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ōishi → depictedIn → kabuki theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chūshingura kabuki plays
Ōishi → depictedIn → kabuki theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chūshingura bunraku plays
The Tale of the Heike → influenceOn → kabuki theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabuki theatre
Noh theatre → influenced → kabuki theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabuki theatre
Pacific Overtures → musicalFormInfluence → kabuki theater ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kabuki theatre
Kabukichō → namedAfter → kabuki theater ⓘ