Kabukin.

Brit.

/kəˈbuːki/, U.S.

/kəˈbuki/

Forms: Also with small initial.

Etymology: Japanese, < ka song + bu dance + ki art, skill.

A traditional and popular form of Japanese drama which employs highly stylized singing, miming, and dancing in addition to acting, and in which (since c1650) all the parts are played by males. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > Japanese

Noh1871

Kabuki1899

nogaku1916

1899 W. G. Aston Hist. Japanese Lit. VI. iii. 288 Kabuki theatres, which had men for actors, had been established there before the middle of the seventeenth century.

1928 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 8/4 The Kabuki affords freedom for old and favourite plays, for new ones on Western lines, and for adaptations of Western drama.

1951 Oxf. Compan. Theatre 411 The present day Japanese theatre takes three distinct, although related forms, the Nō or lyrical drama, Ningyō-shibai or marionettes, and Kabuki, the popular theatre.

1960 B. Leach Potter in Japan viii. 190 The merchant class with its popular arts of the Kabuki theatre and the colour print.

1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 1171 Favourite subjects were theatre scenes, which began to appear along with the development of the popular Kabuki theatre in the 17th c.

1972 National Geographic Sept. 378 Man in maiden's guise charms theater-goers in the classical drama known as Kabuki.

1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 3/5 Collection and sale of kabuki dolls.

Derivatives

Kabukiˈesque adj. in the style or manner of the Kabuki theatre.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > Japanese

Kabukiesque1954

1954 F. Bowers Japanese Theatre vii. 224 Another woman who lies down to offer herself as a substitute for the married woman—a postwar Kabukiesque ‘substitution’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kabuki
释义	Kabukin. Brit. /kəˈbuːki/, U.S. /kəˈbuki/ Forms: Also with small initial. Etymology: Japanese, < ka song + bu dance + ki art, skill. A traditional and popular form of Japanese drama which employs highly stylized singing, miming, and dancing in addition to acting, and in which (since c1650) all the parts are played by males. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > Japanese Noh1871 Kabuki1899 nogaku1916 1899 W. G. Aston Hist. Japanese Lit. VI. iii. 288 Kabuki theatres, which had men for actors, had been established there before the middle of the seventeenth century. 1928 Daily Tel. 4 Dec. 8/4 The Kabuki affords freedom for old and favourite plays, for new ones on Western lines, and for adaptations of Western drama. 1951 Oxf. Compan. Theatre 411 The present day Japanese theatre takes three distinct, although related forms, the Nō or lyrical drama, Ningyō-shibai or marionettes, and Kabuki, the popular theatre. 1960 B. Leach Potter in Japan viii. 190 The merchant class with its popular arts of the Kabuki theatre and the colour print. 1970 Oxf. Compan. Art 1171 Favourite subjects were theatre scenes, which began to appear along with the development of the popular Kabuki theatre in the 17th c. 1972 National Geographic Sept. 378 Man in maiden's guise charms theater-goers in the classical drama known as Kabuki. 1972 Mainichi Daily News (Japan) 6 Nov. 3/5 Collection and sale of kabuki dolls. Derivatives Kabukiˈesque adj. in the style or manner of the Kabuki theatre. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > Japanese Kabukiesque1954 1954 F. Bowers Japanese Theatre vii. 224 Another woman who lies down to offer herself as a substitute for the married woman—a postwar Kabukiesque ‘substitution’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899
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