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Kabuki Theatre begins.
Kabuki theatre is a traditional Japanese theatre with its origins in the Edo Period, which was around 1603-1867. -
Chikamatsu
Chikamatsu, by many considered Japan's greatest dramatist and spent the mid-part of his career writing kabuki dramas and has also authored 100 plays for the Doll theatre, was born. Influence of the Genroku period. (1688-1704) -
NingyÅ jÅ ruri
NingyÅ jÅ ruri (), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater, founded in Osaka in 1684. -
Chikamatsu dies
Chikamatsu's death. -
Kanadehon Chushingura is performed.
A FAMOUS HISTORICAL PLAY One of the most famous Kabuki historical plays is Kanadehon Chushingura, which was first performed on stage in 1748. The subject of the play centers on an actual incident—an act of revenge taken by a group of samurai warriors—that occurred in the early 1700s. Government officials in the Tokugawa Era, however, forbid the dramatization of real events that involved the upper classes or military. -
Utagawa Kunisada/Toyokuni III (1786-1865)
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Woodblock print with gauffrage by Konishi Hirosada
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Segawa Kikunojo V in the role of Kitsune Tadanobu by Utagawa Kunisada
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Japanese Kabuki Woodblock Print by Kunisada.
Japanese Kabuki woodblock print signed "Toyokuni ga" (the signature of Kunisada I). Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was the most successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. -
Woodblock print of the actor OnoeTamizo II in the role of Samurai Okuda Magodayu Shigemori
