Wednesday, October 19, 2011

A Look Into History: Kabuki

The popular Japanese dance/singing genre was started in 1603 by Izumo no Okuni. She started peforming this new style of dance and entertainment in the dry river beds of Kyoto. The first era of Kabuki was mainly performed by women who later on went to also do um.. other forms of entertainment on the side. The genre was also later perfomed by men as well and lasted centuries. Kabuki never hit a big