“Kabuki originated in Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka, and was less formal, restrained and had more popular appeal. The modern Kabuki stage is a rare combination of the old and the new, of thrust and proscenium type stages.” The Kabuki stage covers the whole front of the theater and is approached by a ramp, called a hanamichi, or “flower way,” which makes up a narrow platform connecting the rear of the auditorium with the stage. The performers happen to be all male. The actors make dramatic entrances and exits on this runway. Sometimes they p
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