Definition of Kabuki

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of kabuki) ¹

2. Noun. A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kabuki

1. a form of Japanese theater [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kabuki

kablooie
kabloona
kabloonas
kabloonat
kabob
kabobbed
kabobbing
kabobs
kabocha
kaboodle
kabook
kaboom
kabooms
kabouter
kabs
kabuki (current term)
kabukis
kabure
kabure itch
kabyle
kaccha
kacchas
kacemic acid
kacha
kachahri
kachahris
kachcha
kacheri
kacheris
kachi-koshi

Literary usage of Kabuki

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Gradually the kabuki developed the features ... But ih* kabuki-za, and its yakusha (actors) remained sa plebeian institution. No samurai frequented the ..."

2. National Tests: What Other Countries Expect Their Students To Know by Lynne V. Cheney, National Endowment for the Humanities (1991)
"Among the popular arts and entertainments which spread during the Genroku period [1680-1709] were kabuki and ningyo-joruri [puppet plays]. , a famous script ..."

3. A World's Fair for the Global Village by Carl Malamud (1997)
"Manjiro is the pioneer behind a series of kabuki for Everyone performances that have attempted to popularize the ancient art to high school students, ..."

4. Present-day Japan by Augusta M. Campbell Davidson (1904)
"Plays were written for the Joruri marionettes as well as for the kabuki, ... The present-day kabuki falls into two classes which have always, I believe, ..."

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