To understand why a 73-year-old actor who's lecturing in Berkeley tomorrow night has been designated a "Living National Treasure" in Japan, it helps to know the sex change that happened to Kabuki ...

You know those times when you're peacefully enjoying a cup of coffee, and you suddenly get that strong urge to experience a live kabuki performance? Yeah, no, us neither, but in any case, now you can ...

Kabuki performance was born more than 400 years ago and in Edo era it was established to formal one. It has many fixed Japanese fans and new global fans. But History of Kabuki was not so smooth or ...

One of the most beautiful Japanese traditions is that of kabuki theater. The dance dramas are known for their elaborate and colorful makeup and costumes, stylized performances, and broad postures, ...

Amid another anxiety-inducing year for the theatrical film business, one of 2025’s few unmistakably hopeful signs came in a most unexpected form: Japanese period drama Kokuho. A nearly three-hour epic ...

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LONDON — A decade after opening an American headquarters, the Tokyo-based sportswear and outdoor brand Goldwin is looking to put retail expansion in motion, and that begins with raising cultural ...

If you break down the Japanese word “kabuki” and translate each of its characters into English, you come up with the following: ka means “song,” bu means “dance,” ki means “ability to act.” For this ...

Here's a sight you may not expect at a kabuki performance: A blue-haired boy bolts toward a massive snake that writhes menacingly on stage. He brings his sword down on the beast, slicing it into ...

This is a piece written by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, and it depicts the Honnōji Incident, in which Oda Nobunaga was killed by his trusted retainer Akechi Mitsuhide at the Honnōji Temple, and the days ...