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Onnagata
(also ) are male actors who play female roles in kabuki theatre. History The modern all-male kabuki was originally known as ("male kabuki") to distinguish it from earlier forms. In the early 17th century, shortly after the emergence of the genre, many kabuki theaters had an all-female cast (), with women playing men's roles as necessary. ("adolescent-boy kabuki"), with a cast composed entirely of attractive young men playing both male and female roles, and frequently dealing in erotic themes, originated circa 1612. Both and (or ), actors specializing in adolescent female roles (and usually adolescents themselves), were the subject of much appreciation by both male and female patrons, and were often prostitutes. All-male casts became the norm after 1629, when women were banned from appearing in kabuki due to the prevalent prostitution of actresses and violent quarrels among patrons for the actresses' favors. This ban failed to stop the problems, since the young male () acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daigoro Tachibana
Daigoro Tachibana (橘 大五郎 ''Tachibana Daigorō''), birth name Daisuke Isayama (諌山 大輔 ''Isayama Daisuke'', born 27 January 1987) is one of Heisei era's celebrated onnagata and taishū engeki actor. He is branded as the ''Taishu Engeki-kai Purinsu'' (大衆演劇界プリンス, ''Taishu Engeki's Prince'') with the alias " Taishū engeki-kai no Nyūhīrō Tensai Onnagata" (大衆演劇界のニューヒーロー 天才女形, '' Taishū engeki's New Hero Genius Onnagata'') and best remembered as ''Osei'' in Takeshi Kitano’s ''Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman'' (2003). He is one of the taishū engeki stars to have become a professional enka recording artist. Early life Tachibana was born into a family of stage actors, particularly in taishū engeki which translates to "theater for the masses" or “working-class Kabuki” in Oita Prefecture. His troupe,'' Tachibana Kikutarou Gekidan'', was founded by his grandparents and it was inherited by his uncle. At the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |