quiz stuff

• Kabuki


  A theatrical form in Japan that involves singing, dancing, and acting in a certain unique style
• Kabuki


  • Shocking or bizarre, in modern terms
  • Song (Ka)
  • Dance (Bu)
  • Skill (Ki)
• Kabuki performances run from morning to sunset
• Kabuki audiences freely come and go and usually watch one or a few scenes, instead of the whole performance
• Types of Kabuki performance


  • Jidaimono (history)
  • Sewamono (domestic events)
  • Ogiri Shosagoto (A large dance that ends the performance)
• Theme of Kabuki

  Reward the virtuous, punish the wicked
• Onnagata/Oyama


  Performer of female roles (of Kabuki), developed a unique style of acting and have used their skills even outside Kabuki such as television shows
• Okuni


  • Started Kabuki, gathered a group of women and created a popular presentation about them in the shrine
• Kabuki is influenced by Kyogen, which is integral to Noh
• Noh


  Oldest surviving form of Japanese theater, popular for upper class
• Though Kabuki is influenced by Noh, they still have differences
• Chikamatsu Monzaemon


  • One of the greatest dramatists of Kabuki theater
  • Wrote the work Sonezaki Shinju, about a story of lovers both committing suicide at the end