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Onnagata
, also , are male actors who play female roles in kabuki theatre. It originated in 1629 after women were banned from performing in kabuki performances. There are many specific techniques that actors must learn to master the role of ''onnagata''. History Edo Period In the early 17th century, shortly after the emergence of the genre, many kabuki theaters had an all-female cast (, or ''kabukimono''), with women playing men's roles as necessary. ('adolescent-boy kabuki'), with a cast composed entirely of young men playing both male and female roles, and frequently dealing in erotic themes, originated circa 1612. The role of the ''onnagata'' was shaped during the Edo period as an expression of femininity that was meant to align with the femininity of real women in Edo society. 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. Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakamura Utaemon VI
was a Japanese kabuki performer and an artistic director of the Kabuki-za in Tokyo.Strom, Stephanie."Nakamura Utaemon VI, 84, International Star of Kabuki" ''New York Times.'' April 4, 2001''The Dallas Morning News'' He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations. The name Utaemon indicates personal status as an actor. Such a title can only be assumed after the death of a previous holder, under restrictive succession conventions.Scott, Adolphe C. (1999). He was considered the greatest onnagata of the post-War period, and was heralded as a "a divine messenger given to kabuki from heaven" during his naming ceremony. Life and career Utaemon VI was the son of Nakamura Utaemon V.While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born ... [...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 of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LGBT In Japan
This article focuses on Japanese definitions of gender and sexuality, Japanese reactions to queer life, the clash between traditional and contemporary ideas, and the cultural restraints of being queer in Japan. The Western term “queer,” an umbrella term for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) represents a change in thought pertaining to gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan. Japanese definitions of gender and sexuality In Japan, gender and sexuality are conceptualized through a spectrum wherein the various social roles of the “all encompassing” group are emphasized. Under this construction, expressions of gender and sexuality are varied, as is evidenced by Japan's gender-bending communities. The concept of transgender originates from Edo period (1603–1868) in Japan. Actresses were forbidden to perform in the kabuki theatre considering the gender inequality and social hierarchy. Male actors are playing all male and female characters within the play, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bandō Tamasaburō V
(born 25 April 1950) is a Kabuki actor and the most popular and celebrated ''onnagata'' (an actor specializing in female roles) currently on stage. He has also acted in several films. Life and career Born in 1950, Shin'ichi Morita was adopted by Morita Kan'ya XIV and made his first appearance on stage at the age of seven under the name Bandō Kinoji. At a '' shūmei'' (naming ceremony) in 1964, he became the fifth to take the name Bandō Tamasaburō; his adoptive father had been the fourth. Like all Kabuki actors, Tamasaburō has devoted his life to the theater from a very young age. By 1975, when Morita Kan'ya XIV died, Tamasaburō had already performed in countless plays, many of them alongside his adoptive father and other noteworthy actors such as Ichikawa Danjūrō XII. Since then, he has continued to perform not only in numerous plays at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo but in many other venues. He took part in an American tour in 1985, performing at New York's Metropolitan O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakamura Utaemon V
was a Japanese kabuki performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo".''Utaemon Nakamura'' ''New York Times.'' September 11, 1940. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the region.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations. Life and career Utaemon V was the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon IV. He was born in the fifth generation of a line of famous Kabuki actors. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name int ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gia Gunn
Gia Gunn is the stage name of American drag performer Gia Keitaro Ichikawa (born May 10, 1990). She is known for competing on the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', the second season of '' The Switch Drag Race'', and '' RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars'' season four. Early life Raised in Carpentersville, Illinois, Ichikawa began performing Japanese traditional dance and kabuki in onnagata roles when she was five years old. She graduated from Barrington High School (Illinois), Barrington High School in Barrington, Illinois. She won the drag pageants Miss Roscoe's 2013 and Miss Diosa 2013. Her drag mother is trans drag performer Aly Gunn. Her last name was inspired by Tim Gunn; Gia Gunn's first name came from Gia Carangi. Career ''Drag Race'' and ''The Switch'' Gia Gunn was announced as one of fourteen contestants for the sixth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the Drag Race (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mana (Japanese Musician)
is a Japanese musician, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer, best known as guitarist of the visual kei Rock music, rock band Malice Mizer from their formation in 1992 until their indefinite hiatus in 2001. A year later, Mana formed the gothic metal band Moi dix Mois as his solo project. Mana founded the independent record label Midi:Nette (French for "starry-eyed girl") in 1994. In addition to signing electronic music duo Schwarz Stein, it has released the majority of Malice Mizer's musical output and all of Moi dix Mois' material as well as 2 albums and 2 singles by Kanon Wakeshima. His clothing label, Moi-même-Moitié, was established in 1999 and is credited with helping popularize the Gothic Lolita fashion movement. Early life Mana was born in Hiroshima. At an early age, he was introduced to classical music by his parents, who were both music teachers. Mana started making music when he was in high school, inspired by Mötley Crüe, and he learned to play the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malice Mizer
Malice Mizer (stylized as MALICE MIZER) was a Japanese visual kei Rock music, rock band active from 1992 to 2001. The band was notable for their music and their live shows, featuring lavish historical costumes and stage sets, with short silent theater pieces preluding various songs. Formed by guitarists Mana (Japanese musician), Mana and Közi, throughout their history, the band has gone through several different lineups and three drastic image changes, with Mana, Kozi, and bassist Yu~ki being the band's sole consistent members. Their earlier music and themes were characterized by their strong French and classical influences, later moving away from deliberate French romanticism and incorporating Gothic aspects after several difficulties befell the band. At their peak in the mid-to-late 1990s, they were considered one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of visual kei" alongside La'cryma Christi, Fanatic Crisis and Shazna. Their third and most successful studio album ''Merveilles (album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Kei
, abbreviated , is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of '' Bounce'' wrote that visual kei is not a specific sound, but rather it "revolves around the creation of a band's unique worldview and/or stylistic beauty through visual expressions in the form of makeup and fashion". While visual kei acts can be of any music genre, it originated with bands influenced by glam rock, heavy metal, punk rock and gothic rock. Visual kei was pioneered by groups such as X Japan, Dead End, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, and Color, and gained further notoriety in the 1990s through the success of groups like Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc-en-Ciel, and Malice Mizer. The movement's success continued through the 2000s with Gackt and more musically broad bands such as Dir En Grey, the Gazette, Alice Nine, Girugamesh, and Versailles, a period which some critics term . Many acts tone-down their appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mana Moi Dix Mois
Mana may refer to: Religion and mythology * Mana (Oceanian cultures), the spiritual life force energy or healing power that permeates the universe in Melanesian and Polynesian mythology * Mana (food), archaic name for manna, an edible substance mentioned in the Bible and Quran * Mana (Mandaeism), a term roughly equivalent to the philosophical concept of 'nous' * Māna, a Buddhist term for 'pride', 'arrogance', or 'conceit' * Mana (Finnish mythology), or Tuonela, the realm of the dead or the underworld Arts, entertainment and media Music * Maná, a Mexican rock group ** ''Maná'' (album), 1987 * ''Mana'' (Nemesea album), 2004 * Mana (Finnish musician), drummer of the rock band Lordi * Mana (Japanese musician) * Mana, Japanese musician and vocalist of the band Chai * Mana Mana, a Finnish rock group * Mana Music, a music supervision company based in Australia and New Zealand * ''Mana'', an album by Idle Hands (band), 2019 Other uses in arts, entertainment and media * Mana (gami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nihonbashi (play)
is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, which sprung up around the bridge of the same name that has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603. The current bridge, designed by Tsumaki Yorinaka and constructed of stone on a steel frame, dates from 1911. The district covers a large area to the north and east of the bridge, reaching Akihabara to the north and the Sumida River to the east. Ōtemachi and Yaesu are to the west and Kyobashi to the south. Nihonbashi, together with Kyobashi and Kanda, is the core of Shitamachi, the original downtown center of Edo-Tokyo, before the rise of newer secondary centers such as Shinjuku and Shibuya. History The Nihonbashi district was a major mercantile center during the Edo period: its early development is largely credited to the Mitsui family, who based their wholesaling business in Nihonbashi and developed Japan's first department store, Mitsukosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
