A special show celebrating Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo’s succession to Ichikawa Danjuro XIII opened on Nov. 7 at the Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward. “I can’t even come close to my ...

Kabuki has a 400-year history. Kabuki actor Nakamura Kazutaro is carrying on the tradition and he has achieved great success ...

Child Kabuki actors go through a difficult transitional period when their voices change with puberty but they aren’t yet mature enough to take adult roles. Only the truly determined ones pull ...

Kataoka Ainosuke takes his first turn as our host. Ainosuke is a renowned kabuki actor. He'll be our guide to the attractions of kabuki looking at some of the roles he's played. He'll be our guide ...

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 ...

Working mainly amidst the modernisation push and ensuing tumult of the Meiji era, Toyohara Kunichika (1835–1900) was a visionary ukiyo-e printmaker who revitali ...

First, the most famous and successful kabuki actors who play female characters (who are called onnagata), tend to specialize in such roles. So it stands to reason that a star of Mickey Mouse’s stature ...