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    Traditional Japanese theatre is among the oldest theatre traditions in the world. Traditional theatre includes Noh, a spiritual drama, and its comic accompaniment...
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    Theatre of Japan (国立劇場, Kokuritsu Gekijō) is a complex consisting of three halls in two buildings in Hayabusachō, a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan...
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    Imperial Theatre (帝国劇場, Teikoku Gekijō), often referred to simply as the Teigeki (帝劇), and previously the Imperial Garden Theater, is a Japanese theater...
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    1941. Action in this theatre ended when Japan announced an intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal surrender of Japan ceremony took place on...
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    Noh (redirect from Noh theatre)
    generally clear view regardless of seating. Theatre of Japan Higashiyama culture Shuhari Bowers, Faubion (1974). Japanese Theatre. Rutland, Vermont: Charles...
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    Kabuki (redirect from Kabuki Theatre)
    (歌舞伎, かぶき) is a classical form of Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily stylised...
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    as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃)) is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of the 17th century, which is still performed...
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    Bunraku Theatre (国立文楽劇場, Kokuritsu Bunraku Gekijō) is a complex consisting of two halls and an exhibition room, located in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The complex...
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    Ayame I Japanese theatre Otokonoko Kagema for male prostitutes generally Cross-gender acting Drag show Köçek Pantomime dame Travesti (theatre) Womanless...
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    The history of theatre charts the development of theatre over the past 2,500 years. While performative elements are present in every society, it is customary...
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  • Shiki Theatre Company (劇団四季, Gekidan Shiki, Lit. Four Seasons Theatre Company) is one of Japan's best-known and largest theatre companies. Shiki Theatre Company...
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    mixture of pantomime and vocal acrobatics, the Noh style of theatre has become one of Japan's most refined forms of theatrical performance. Japan, after...
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    Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland. It is bordered on the west by the...
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    Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real...
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  • 2.5D musical (category Theatre of Japan)
    musical, is a type of modern Japanese musical theatre production based exclusively on popular Japanese anime, manga, or video games. The term "2.5D musical"...
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  • Shinjū (category Theatre of Japan)
    HarperTorch, (1996), ISBN 978-0-06-100950-1 Bunraku: The Art of Japanese Puppet Theatre, by Donald Keene, Kodansha America; (1990), ISBN 978-0-87011-193-8...
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    Rakugo (category Theatre of Japan)
    literally 'story with a fall') is a form of Japanese verbal comedy, traditionally performed in yose theatres. The lone storyteller (落語家, rakugoka) sits...
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    Yose (category Theatre of Japan)
    Yose (Japanese: 寄席) is a form of spoken vaudeville theatre of Japan cultivated since the 18th century. The term also refers to the exclusive theater where...
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    of the Empire of Japan European theatre of World War II Hull note Japanese-American service in World War II Japanese holdouts Japanese in the Chinese...
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    Osaka (redirect from Ōsaka, Japan)
    the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya). It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka...
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    Kyōgen (category Theatre of Japan)
    Reception of Samuel Beckett, by Matthew Feldman, "Beckett's Reception in Japan", p. 153 Pawasarat, Catherine (Dec 12, 2001). "Noho Theatre: Kyogen with...
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  • GEAR (Japanese: ギア) is a Japanese long-run non-verbal theatre show that originates in Kyoto and incorporates elements of technology, skilled performance...
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    National Theatre Okinawa (国立劇場おきなわ, Kokuritsu Gejō Okinawa) opened in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in January 2004. The main auditorium seats 632...
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  • The Yokohama Theatre Group is an English-language theatre group operating out of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 1900 as the Amateur...
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    Takarazuka Revue (category Theatre of Japan)
    Revue (Japanese: 宝塚歌劇団, Hepburn: Takarazuka Kagekidan) is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women...
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    Geisha (redirect from Hanadai (Japan))
    18326/rgt.v7i2.213. ISSN 2503-040X. Scott, A.C. (1955). The Kabuki Theatre of Japan. Oliver Wendell Holmes Library: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9780486406459....
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    history of Irish theatre begins in the Middle Ages and was for a long time confined to the courts of the Gaelic and "Old English" – descendants of 12th-century...
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    The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji...
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    History of the Theatre (Foundation ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN 978-0-205-47360-1. Scott, A. C. (1955). The Kabuki Theatre of Japan. London:...
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    Tadashi Suzuki (category Theatre of Japan)
    Japanese avant-garde theatre director, writer, and philosopher. He is the founder and director of the Suzuki Company of Toga (SCOT), and organizer of...
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