Kabuki

Kabuki is one of a art form which located in Japan. A classical and traditional form of dance. This art performed as a drama theater. In the form a costumes and makeup play an important role in it. It required high level makeup in this art form. For makeup rice powder is used to create the white base for it. Kumadari, as facial line to show as animals or others. When I hear and seen his form, then I understand the only male can be participate in a dance and drama theater because female were banned from performing in it. Mostly male are in the getup of female characters.

In a kabuki no facial expression are use, it express through their hands and gesture of a actor. It defines by the motion and their acts should be stable in their acting. Kabuki is more popular among the lower class and also a common the art by motion not by expression. The word kabuki is composed in japans character: “ka” represent as a song, “bu” represents as dance, “ki” represents as skill.

In it acting is two type styles, Aragoto is rough acting, is portrayed a superhuman. Wagoto is soft acting. When we talk about style then performance of a kabuki, it has three main type of a performance, firstly Jidaimono, it play was only on historical which act on Japanese history. Secondly Sewamono, it play was on commoners, it called domestic plays. Thirdly Shosagoto as play as dance pieces. All the kabuki performance was base on makeup and costumes of an actor.

The main aim of this theatre to play a moral conflicts and historical plays only music of a kabuki is created by banging two wooden clappers, which signals of start the drama and the end of every play. This form one of an entertainment for Japanese.