Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese Theater. It was founded early in the 17th century by Okuni, a shrine maiden who brought her unique and lively dance style to the dry river beds of the ancient capital of Kyoto, and over the next 300 years developed into a sophisticated, highly stylized form of theater. Around that time Kabuki took place. The warriors class and the commoners class were very observed more harsh at that time in Japan. Kabuki was perhaps most significant as the artist performing it. The unique thing about Kabuki as the fact that it had no actresses whatsoever. If there was a girl in that scene a male would have to impersonate a female they were know as onnagata. The players in Kabuki drama principally women, witch made Kabuki more popular
exclusively for the kabuki theater. One of the great ones is Kagotsurube.
The plays would depict historical facts or present dramatized accounts of warriors
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