Child Kabuki actors go through a difficult transitional ... In some scenes, ropes are used so actors “fly” above the spectators. Although Japan has been known for discriminatory attitudes ...

In the Hawaiian Islands, where many Japanese people had immigrated since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), a unique, localized form of Kabuki has been developing for more than a century. Hawaiian Kabuki ...

KOTOHIRA, Kagawa -- Japan's oldest existing playhouse built in the Edo period (1603-1867) in this town in the western part of the country still stages annual spring Kabuki shows. The bartizan with ...

Discover the historic and modern kabuki plays based on bestsellers! Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explores ... who was the first professional author in Japan to make a living entirely by writing.

The style of Japanese woodblock printing known as ukiyo-e (‘images of the floating world’) flourished during the Edo period ...

The Osaka Kansai Expo has recently witnessed a significant cultural event with the attendance of renowned Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (47) at the illumination ceremony of the 'Iida Group × Osaka ...

TOKYO — Onstage, Danjuro Ichikawa, one of the biggest stars of Japan's Kabuki theater, is a virtuoso in switching roles. In his latest production, he plays 13 parts, including a princess, a ...

Kabuki theatre performances by children have been featured at the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival in western Japan. The festival is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Children's ...

Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics ... some of Japan’s top actors, including Kaoru Kobayashi ...

Kabuki theatre performances by children have been featured at the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival in western Japan. The festival is registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. Children's Kabuki is ...