japan continued

Question 1

Okuni and Kobuki

Answer 1

started by izumo no Okuni
female dance troupe 1603
performances in a dry river bed

Short plays, that are a little naughty
often sexually suggested, a bit transgressive (cross dressing, foreign dress)
these women also work as sex workers

theres a demand for their performances yet they are seen as outcasts

Question 2

Kabuki

Answer 2

To tilt or slant dangerously

transgression
kabuki-mono = counter culture

now written using Chinese characters

becomes very popular
man theatres in Yoshiwara of Tokyo

more troupes develop with more mixed gender

government stepped in to legislate

Question 3

Governemnt restirctions on kabuki

Answer 3

upper class women, samuri, and aristocrats cant attend

(these ppl disguised themselves still go)

then women got banned from doing Kabuki (wasnt really sticking)

now banning young male kabuki (Wakashu kabuki)

government doesn’t like class mingling through this sex work

we end up with only adult male kabuki (the had to shave top of their head)
- tried to make them ess sexually apealing
- and so you could tell their class right away

Question 4

Stage architecture

Answer 4

Builds off of Noh
- tree
- square
- simple

increased spectacle

Question 5

counter culture

Answer 5

danger of social rebbelion
dispproval leads to professinalism