Meaning kabuki
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kabuki


Popular form of theater developed in the early Edo Period. The Bakufu attempted on six occasions to ban Kabuki (which was considered vulgar) without success. Kabuki did evolve over time, however - the [..]
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1896, from Japanese, popular theater (as opposed to shadow puppet-plays or lyrical Noh dramas). Kabuki comes from the verb 'kabuku', meaning 'to deviate from the normal manners and cust [..]
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kabuki


A drama in the form of dance.
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Classical Japanese dance-drama, traditionally in five acts, performed to live musical accompaniment by actors and actresses in elaborate costume on a stage that may include a walkway (hanamichi) exten [..]
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kabuki


A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
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