Kabuki plays

Japanese ghost story of betrayal

Kanjinchō (勧進帳, The Subscription List) is a kabuki dance-drama by Namiki Gohei III, based on the Noh play Ataka. It is one of the most popular plays in the modern kabuki repertory.

11-act bunraku puppet play composed in 1748 based on Chūshingura

thumb|Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Shibaraku. [[ukiyo-e, by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796]] right|thumb|250px|Danjuro Ichikawa IX as Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa in the November 1895 production of Shibaraku is a play in the Kabuki repertoire, and one of the celebrated Kabuki Jūhachiban ("Eighteen Great Plays"). The play is noted for its flamboyantly dramatic costumes and makeup (kumadori).

play of bunraku or kabuki

Noh play

Japanese Kabuki play

Noh play

set of 18 Kabuki plays

kabuki play

play

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kabuki dance drama

play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon

Kabuki play