Characters and Actors
Characters and Costumes
Various Kabuki Roles
- Umeomaru
- Fujiya Izaemon
- Sekibei (Otomo no Kuronushi)
- Soga no Iruka
- Kamiyui Shinza
- Sato Tadanobu (Genkurogitsune)
- Miuraya Agemaki
- Yaegakihime
- Kirare Otomi
Expressions of the Actors
Production and Music
Expression of Scene
- Expression of Stage set
- Dramatic techniques showing weather
- Dramatic techniques for Matsubame-mono
- Expression of Makugire (end of act)
Distinctive Expressions
- Hikinuki (onstage costume change)
- Chunori (midair performance)
- Tachimawari (fighting performance)
- Roppo (stylized walking)
- Mie (pose)
- Ningyoburi (puppet-like acting)
- Kurogo (stage assistant in black costume)
Expression by Sounds
- Enjoy Listening to Kabuki
- Geza (off-stage musical accompaniment and sound effects)
- Narimono (musical accompaniment and sound effects besides shamisen)
- Nagauta (songs in time with shamisen music)
- Takemoto (narrative music with shamisen)
- Tokiwazu-bushi (narrative music with shamisen)
- Kiyomoto-bushi (narrative music with shamisen)
- Ki (wooden clappers)
- Tsuke (sound effects using wood clappers)
History
The Beginning
Establishment
Development Period
Successful Period
Classical and Modern Styles
Plays
Kabuki Dramaturgy
Eminent Playwrights
Classifications of Plays
Leading Plays
- Aotozoshi Hana no Nishikie(The Five Thieves)
- Imoseyama Onna Teikin(Husband and Wife Mountains: An Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue)
- Kanadehon Chushingura(The Treasury of 47 Loyal Retainers)
- Kawasho(The Kawasho Teahouse scene)
- Kanjincho(The Subscription List)
- Kyoganoko Musume Dojoji(The Girl at Dojoji Temple)
- Koibikyaku Yamato Orai(The Money Courier from Hell)
- Kotobuki Soga no Taimen(The Revenge of the Soga Brothers)
- Sakurahime Azuma Bunsho(The Scarlet Princesss and her story in the East)
- Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai(The Thieves Named Kichisa)
- Shibaraku(Wait a Moment!)
- Shunkyo Kagamijishi(The Kagami Lion Dance)
- Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami(Sugawara and Secrets of Calligraphy)
- Sukeroku Yukari no Edozakura(Sukeroku,the Hero of Edo)
- Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Sekinoto(The Snowbound Barrier)
- Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijo(Shinza, the Barber)
- Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan(The Ghosts of Yotsuya)
- Narukami (The Holy Man Narukami and Lady Taema)
- Bancho Sarayashiki(The Broken Dish)
- Heike Nyogonoshima (The Priest in Exile)
- Meiboku Sendai Hagi(The Troubles in the Date Clan)
- Momijigari(Viewing the Autumn Leaves)
- Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura(Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees )