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Asian Theater History

  • The Creation of Kabuki

    The Creation of Kabuki
    Kabuki was invented by a Kyoto shrine maiden, Izumo Okuni meant for the women to be apart
  • Young Man Kabuki (yarō-kabuki)

    Young men played the rolls of the women instead
  • The Golden Age

    During the Genroku era, kabuki thrived. which lasted until 1841
  • Kabuki tools

    Kabuki was the first theatre to use rolling wagons, an elevator stage