Kabuki is very popular even now, so many people visit Kabukiza. This is the theater that presents only kabuki. The theater is established in Meiji era. A lot of people visit here to see Kabuki every day. In the theater you can get not only entertainment of Kabuki but also delicious food. Moreover, you can eat both in the shop and the theater. It means that you can eat food while watching Kabuki. Kabukiza is in Tokyo. You can see Kabuki also in Osaka, Kyoto and so on.
People who wear kimono is one of the actors of Kabuki. He’s name is ShimanojouKataoka. He is not women but man. In kabuki woman is not allowed to play, so man play women role also. The reason is that it was said that women’s kabuki disturb discipline in Edo period. Man who play role of women is called Onnagata. He is a pupil of the fifteenth Ninzaemon Kataoka. In 1997, he played in Canada.
Kabuki is very popular both Japan and other countries now. The reason is that famous actors like Ebizou Ichikawa succeeded to this name. This incident broadcasted in Japan. People go to the theater to see these actors. Thanks to this, some of the TV programs did a feature on Kabuki. Then, people have started to pay attention to it. Moreover, the plays of Kabuki in foreign country have increased. It is little opportunity for foreigner, so the plays are taken up by medias. If the value of newspaper for kabuki is good thing, foreigners become interested in kabuki. Then Kabuki becomes popular in Japan and foreign country.
I think it is very good thing that Japanese tradition become popular. It will be opportunity for Japanese to rethink their culture and be proud of it and it will be opportunity for foreigner to become interested in Japan. I have never been to seen Kabuki so if I have a chance to see it, I want to go to the theater of Kabuki.
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Did you take the photos? If not, cite the source. Where did you get information about kabuki? Again, cite your sources and provide links; for kabuki there are many good web pages available.
Your descriptions are sometimes too general or too polite to the point where some of what you say is not quite accurate.
If you are going to discuss the history of onnagata, you would probably need to mention that female actresses were prostitutes and this is one reason why they were banned from the stage. They were replaced with young boys who also became prostitutes... There's lots of interesting gender related material about kabuki.
Why did you choose this subject? It seems a bot odd that you write about this but have never seen a performance...
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