Shosagoto (所作事) or furigoto (振事), also known as dance or dance-drama, is a type of kabuki play based on dance. It is one of the three genres of kabuki...

Occupation Kabuki Nationality Japanese Period Edo Genre sewamono jidaimono shosagoto Parent Kanbei Yoshimura (father) Relatives Kawatake Shigetoshi (adopted...

by various names such as shosagoto (所作事), keigoto (景事), furigoto (振事) or more simply odori (踊). The choreographers of shosagoto, whose first appearance...

jidaimono (historical plays) and sewamono ("contemporary" plays), as well as shosagoto ('dance-drama') plays primarily focused around set dance pieces. Styles...

(lyrics) Hanayagi Jusuke I (choreography) Date premiered July 1872, Murayama-za, Tokyo Place premiered Japan Original language Japanese Genre shosagoto...

categories of kabuki are jidaimono (historical), sewamono (domestic) and shosagoto (dance pieces). Somewhat similarly, Noh distinguishes between Geki Noh...

stories), sewamono (世話物, "domestic" or post-Sengoku period stories), and shosagoto (所作事, "dance pieces"). Jidaimono, or history plays, are set within the...

in Edo in 1701. In 1731, a variation of the story was performed as a shosagoto (Kabuki dance drama) at the Nakamura theatre by Segawa Kikunojo I (瀬川菊之丞)...

style of jōruri in Edo. This type of jōruri is for kabuki dances called Shosagoto. Kiyomotobushi (清元節)—Kiyomoto Enjyudayu (清元延寿太夫) began to play this for...

premiered March 1840 Place premiered Kawarazaki-za, Edo Original language Japanese Genre jidaimono shosagoto Setting A gate on a post road, c. 1160–80....

Yasuda Abun Nakata Mansuke Characters Wisteria Maiden Date premiered 1826 Place premiered Nakamura-za, Edo Original language Japanese Genre shosagoto...

the first time a Noh play was adapted into kabuki. This is considered a shosagoto or dance piece that eventually became part of the so-called "the eighteen...

master of the Shigayama School of Dancing, introducing male roles in the shosagoto dances. Nakamura died in Edo. Tsuki-yuki-hana nemonogatari ("Moon, Snow...

Japanese folk law narrative, performed as theatre in both kabuki as a shosagoto (dance-focused play) and in Noh versions. It was also the first narrative...

praised in particular for his onnagata (女形) female roles, as well as his shosagoto (所作事) and buyō (舞踊) dance performances. Personal name: Kataoka Ryūnosuke...

politico-historical thriller. The climax of the performance appears to have been a shosagoto dance featuring the three main stars. The print depicts the character...