歌舞伎

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かぶき【歌舞伎】

Kabuki; a type of traditional Japanese drama which follows highly-stylized forms and takes up stories with popular appeal

説明
Kabuki, one of the traditional Japanese performing arts, dates back to the early 17th century. Its highly formalized style continued to evolve throughout the Edo period. Music and dancing play fundamental roles in Kabuki drama, and the actors' lines are delivered with a distinctive inflection. The sets involve unique features such as a mawari butai (revolving stage) and a hanamichi (runway), which allow variable staging. There are three categories of plays: 1) jidai-mono, or historical plays, such as Chusingura, 2) sewa-mono, or domestic dramas showing the life of the common people of the era, such as Yotsuya Kaidan and Sonezaki Shinju, and 3) shosa-mono, or dance pieces accompanied by sung narratives. Typical Kabuki role types include tachiyaku (the leading male part), katakiyaku (the villain), oyama (a female part), and doukeyaku (the fool), all of which are played by male actors wearing highly stylized makeup.（意訳：日本の代表的な伝統演劇の一つで，江戸時代にその原形が作られた．音楽・舞踊・節回しのついたせりふなどを盛り込んだ多彩な様式，花道や回り舞台などの装置を使った変幻自在な演出にその特徴がある．『忠臣蔵』などの歴史に題材を取った時代物，『四谷怪談』『曽根崎心中』など当時の庶民の暮らしを扱った世話物，義太夫(ぎだゆう)，清元(きよもと)などによって踊る所作物(しょさもの)の３つのジャンルに分けられる．役柄は立役(たちやく)，敵役(かたきやく)，女形，道化方などがあるが，すべて独特の化粧をした男性が演じる）

歌舞伎を見る
see a Kabuki performance

歌舞伎十八番

the repertoire of eighteen classical Kabuki plays; the eighteen popular Kabuki plays

歌舞伎役者

a Kabuki actor

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