Introduction

100 Kabuki Characters

Category

Play

Archetype

Evolution

History

• Beginning from Song and Dance
• Kabuki as Theatre
• Ningyo-joruri and Kabuki
• Changes in Society and New Stock Characters
• Modernizing Kabuki

Stock Characters

• Male Roles
• Female Roles
• Other Roles

Originators

• Ichikawa Danjuro I
• Sakata Tojuro I
• Yoshizawa Ayame I
• Chikamatsu Monzaemon
• Tsuruya Namboku IV
• Kawatake Mokuami

Female Roles

The Dedication of an Onnagata

Performance Skills

Preparing for the Role

Stock Characters and Costumes

• Musumeyaku (Young Woman)
• Nyoboyaku (Wife)
• Keisei (Courtesan)
• Akuba (Evil Woman)
• Fukeoyama (Older Woman)

Performance and Poses

Performance Styles and Mie

• Passing on performance skills
• What is mie?
• Many different mie
• Sound effects and kakegoe

Aragoto Mie and the Ichikawa Family

Kumadori Makeup

Stock Characters and Makeup

• The role of makeup
• What is kumadori?

Types of Kumadori Makeup

• Mukimiguma
• Ipponguma
• Nihonguma
• Sujiguma
• Kagekiyo no kuma
• Kugeare
• Akattsura
• Chaguma
• Saruguma
• Namazuguma

Kumadori Coloring Book

• Mukimiguma
• Ipponguma
• Nihonguma
• Sujiguma
• Kagekiyo no kuma
• Kugeare
• Akattsura
• Chaguma
• Saruguma
• Namazuguma

Prints of Actors

What are Nishiki-e?

• Ukiyo-e and Nishiki-e
• Collaborations between professionals
• People and scenery
• Appreciated as works of art

Fans and media

• Kabuki and lifestyles
• Audiences and the Yakusha Hyobanki
• Performances and rankings

Nishiki-e Gallery

Yakusha-e and Actors

• Matsumoto Koshiro V
• Bando Mitsugoro III
• Iwai Hanshiro V
• Onoe Kikugoro III
• Ichikawa Danjuro VII
• Nakamura Utaemon III

Frequently Asked Questions