theatres would have all-female performances known as “onna kabuki” and all-male ones known as “yaro kabuki”. Often onnagata and male actors specialising in adolescent female roles ...

Kabuki, an all-male theatrical tradition that combines music, dance and acrobatics, remains popular, but Danjuro grants that it can be out of step with modern tastes.

Today, no women perform on the main kabuki stages—all the female roles are played by specialized male actors known as onnagata. But this was not always the case. In fact, the origins of kabuki ...

Maholo Terajima is the first officially recognised dual-national kabuki actor, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, a star of the traditional Japanese art form. Kabuki is a type of ...

And so the famed Fujima Kansuma, master kabuki dancer who entertained generations of Japanese Americans, embraced the art because it allowed her to take on male roles as a way of fulfilling her ...

Actor Kataoka Ainosuke reveals the wide variety of props used by tachiyaku, the male roles in kabuki. Explore the all-important katana sword, tobacco pipes, footwear and gold coins.

Speaking of kabuki newcomers, even if you’re not deeply versed in the ... it seems most likely he’ll be playing either Tidus or Yuna, "Final Fantasy X’s" male and female leads. The play is scheduled ...

TOKYO—What would the shogun say? At recent shows in this city’s venerable Kabuki theater, a venue on par with the Metropolitan Opera, pop music blared as the audience waved neon pink light ...

But despite its long history and influence over other art forms—including Kabuki—Noh remains relatively lesser known. Noh troupes employ movements and gestures that are exacting and deliberate.