OSAKA -- A Kabuki performance co-starring actor Nakamura Shido and virtual diva Hatsune Miku was staged during the Osaka Expo on May 24, with a perfor ...

In feudal Japan, the Onna-Bugeisha were fierce female warriors who defied gender norms to fight alongside samurai. Trained in combat and honor-bound like their male counterparts, they defended castles ...

Kikugoro VIII's father, 82-year-old kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro VII, who has been designated as a "living national treasure" by the Japanese government, is set to retain his current name.

FLINT TWP, MI - There’s a new Japanese restaurant in Genesee County. Kabuki Japanese Restaurant, located at 4018 Corunna Road at the former Badawest in Flint Township, opened its doors last month.

Video. The children said they practiced every day during their spring break from school and many visitors to the event applauded their compelling performance.

The "Kabuki Dancer" sculpture in downtown Toledo's Levis will relocate down Summit Street to Boeschenstein Park by the end of summer 2025.

As you could see from my comments here and some occasional comments on Bluesky, I felt pretty confident for most of the day that Senate Dems were in the process… ...

This overview of the early development of kabuki, one of Japan’s most celebrated performing arts, traces its origins from a single woman dancer in Kyoto at the beginning of the seventeenth ...

W ith roots in early 17th century Japan, the traditional form of Japanese theatre know as kabuki has been entertaining audiences for hundreds of years. Now, thanks to embracing new technology ...

Toshiro Mifune in Red Lion. Samurai Rebellion by Masaki Kobayashi (1967) “A true masterpiece representative of the dark period dramas depicting the absurdity of feudal society,” says Ichiyama.

Sharaku’s 1794 depiction of kabuki actor Ōtani Oniji III playing the evil Edobei in a play titled The Loved Wife’s Parti-Colored Reins remains an icon of the ukiyo-e print genre, beloved for ...