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40: 320: 371: 418: 447: 348: 395: 1358: 1347: 319: 153:), 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 1090: 417: 766: 474: 370: 347: 222:) to cover the shaved portion, which became iconic signifiers of their roles and eventually became invested with erotic significance as a result. After authorities rescinded a ban on wig-wearing by 446: 687:
Though there are all-female troupes, they represent a separate tradition, performing at separate theatres and for the most part not really playing a part in the 'core' kabuki world.
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continued to portray females in movies until the early 1920s. At that time, however, using real female actresses was coming into fashion with the introduction of realist
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subculture. The subculture emphasizes gender-nonconforming expression, and self-identified male performers who adopt female clothing within the genre are referred to as
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roles were forbidden, resulting in plays that featured only male characters. These plays continued to have erotic content and generally featured many
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makeup, which is vastly different from that of a male character's, and adopting traditional feminine mannerisms. Some of the techniques that
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of actresses and violent quarrels among patrons for the actresses' favors. This ban failed to stop the problems, since the young male (
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actors have to master with years of training and research include being able to move gracefully across the stage when wearing
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in 1652, on the condition that all actors, regardless of role, adopted the adult male hairstyle with shaved pate.
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in 1922 in backlash against the lack of work because of this. Kabuki, however, remains all-male even today.
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Johnson, Adrienne Renee (2020-04-02). "Josōor "gender free"? Playfully queer "lives" in visualkei".
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has come to be used much more commonly. Every kabuki actor is expected to have facility with
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was replaced by a wig and now survives in a few older plays and as a ceremonial accessory.
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in 1860, the year of Sawamura's debut under that name on the kabuki stage.
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After film was introduced in Japan at the end of the 19th century, the
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Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan
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on Japanese culture has also played an important part in the
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Male actors who impersonate women in Japanese kabuki theatre
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scroll attributed to Hishikawa Morofusa, circa 1700. An
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Historical dictionary of Japanese traditional theatre
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continue to appear in kabuki today, though the term
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actors soon began wearing a small purple headscarf (
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Oyama (Japanese theatre)
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Kabuki § History
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Nikkatsu
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Bandō Tamasaburō V
Handpainted scroll attributed to Hishikawa Morofusa, titled "Two Actors Combing Hair", circa 1700; showing an onnagata (female-role actor) combing the hair of a wakashū-gata (actor specializing in adolescent male roles).
ukiyo-e
Nakamura Shikan IV and Sawamura Tanosuke III in courtesan roles. Print by Toyokuni in 1860, the year of Sawamura's debut under that name on the kabuki stage.
Nakamura Shikan IV
Sawamura Tanosuke III
Toyokuni
Nakamura Utaemon V (1866–1940) as Yodo-gimi in the kabuki play Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu
Nakamura Utaemon V
Yodo-gimi
Nakamura Utaemon VI in costume for a female kabuki role in Musume Dōjōji, 1951.
Nakamura Utaemon VI
Musume Dōjōji
Popular onnagata Daigoro Tachibana dancing in a performance at the Miyoshibashi Theatre in Yokohama, November 2007. His crest can be seen on the red curtain behind him.
Daigoro Tachibana
Miyoshibashi Theatre
Yokohama
Bandō Tamasaburō V (center) in kabuki play Nihonbashi (December 2012)

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