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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Official Goods of Kabuki

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Do you know about Kabuki? or Have you ever seen Kabuki? It is kind of the Japanese traditional art or show. You can understand it from below quote via Wikipedia.


  • Kabuki (歌舞伎) is the highly stylized classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. The individual kanji characters, from left to right, mean sing(歌), dance (舞), and skill (伎). Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing." These are, however, atejicharacters which do not reflect actual etymology. The kanji of 'skill', however, generally refers to a performer in kabuki theatre. Since the word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabuku, meaning "to lean" or "to be out of the ordinary", kabuki can be interpreted as "avant-garde" or "bizarre" theatre. The expression kabukimono(歌舞伎者) referred originally to those who were bizarrely dressed and swaggered on a street. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabuki)


Kabukiza is located in Ginza where the Tsukiji, the place known for its huge fish market, is near from there. You can see where it is from the map below.



At Kabukiza(歌舞伎座), where you can see some show of Kabuki(歌舞伎), they sell official Kabuki Goods there. This is the first time to sell "OFFICIAL" goods of Kabuki. And the goods are all cool! Even I also want to buy one of them! See below pictures!






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