scholars of Japanese theatre have been able to identify the subjects of many yakusha-e (ukiyo-e actor prints, pictured) down to not only the kabuki actors, roles, and the play depicted, but even the theater and month in which it was performed?
a Japanese sea spirit named shōjō with red hair and a fondness for sake is featured in Noh and Kabuki plays?
Ichikawa Danjūrō V, one of the most famous and successful Kabuki actors, was briefly forced out of the theater after being accused of misappropriating funds?
kabuki actor Matsunosuke Onoe became the first superstar of Japanese cinema, appearing in over 1,000 films during the course of his 17-year career, including over 80 per year at his peak?
Question 1: Kabuki is therefore sometimes translated as "the art of singing and dancing." These are, however, ateji characters which do not reflect actual ________.
Question 6: Rice powder is used to create the white oshiroi base, and kumadori enhances or exaggerates facial lines to produce dramatic ________ or supernaturalmasks for the actors.
Question 7: The history of kabuki began in 1603 when Okuni of Izumo, possibly a miko of ________, began performing a new style of dance drama in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto.
Question 9: In Australia, the Za Kabuki troupe at the ________ has been performing a kabuki drama each year since 1976; the single longest regular kabuki performance outside of Japan.
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