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KABUKI 歌舞 伎

Kabuki (歌舞 伎) is the epic form of traditional Japanese theater.

Centered on an actor's game that is both spectacular and codified,

it is distinguished by the elaborate make-up of the actors and the abundance of devices

stages intended to underline the paroxysms and the reversals of the piece.

The three ideograms of the word mean: song (歌, ka ), dance (舞, bu ) and technical skill (伎, ki ).

It is probably ateji (characters used for their only phonetic value),

and it seems to be the old form of the verb katamuku (傾 く),

in the kabuku era, denoting what was unorthodox, in reference to a form of theater

considered at the time as avant-garde.