The Kiri-za was a temporarily licensed [[kabuki]] theater (a ''kari shibai'' or ''ka
...enced in, and banners were raised declaring the site to now be home to the Kiri-za. A few days later, on 10/22, a ''yagura'' was erected announcing an upco
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...-za had stood is fenced in, and banners are erected declaring the site the Kiri-za.
* 1784/10/22 The ''[[yagura]]'' denoting the Kiri-za as a licensed theatre is erected.
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..., but roughly a year later, in [[1785]]/11, he broke his contract with the Kiri-za and undertook efforts to restore the Nakamura-za. He also took on his fa
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''Ryôko'' (lit. "Dragon and Tiger") is a fifth-category (''kiri Noh'') [[Noh]] play. Meant to serve as the brief but exciting conclusion to
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...orks include ''[[Banzuiin Chobei|Banzuiin Chôbei]]'' and ''Kinmon gozan no kiri''.
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*''Debut: [[1784]]/11, [[Kiri-za]]''
...h ''Seki no to'' derives, ''Jûnihitoe Komachi zakura'', premiered at the [[Kiri-za]] in [[Edo]] in [[1784]]. The plot draws upon the historical [[Jowa Inci
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...g dragon. A combination of ''nozura-zumi'' (piling up of uncut rock) and ''kiri-ishi-zumi'' (piling of cut rock) techniques were used in the construction o
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''Koto'' were traditionally made from [[paulownia]] (''kiri'') wood, with silk strings and ivory bridges (''ji''). The finger-picks (''
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...ng demolished two months later. It was then, for a time, replaced by the [[Kiri-za]], which took over the Ichimura-za's place as one of the few officially
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...akamura Nakazô I]]; when the [[Nakamura-za]] was briefly replaced by the [[Kiri-za]] in [[1784]], Nobutoki and Nakazô sent numerous materials back and for
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''Shakkyô'' (lit. "stone bridge") is a fifth-category (''kiri-nô'') [[Noh]] play featuring a [[lion dance]] (''shishimai''). Numerous ot
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''Funa Benkei'', or "Benkei Aboard Ship," is a fifth-category (''kiri-nô'') [[Noh]] play by [[Kanze Nobumitsu]] in which [[Musashibo Benkei|Benk
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...e most famous element of the [[samurai]] mythos. Known in the West as hara-kiri (probably never commonly used by the samurai themselves), the origin of dis
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...he founder of Noh, [[Zeami]] ([[1363]]-[[1443]]). It is a fifth-category ''kiri-Noh'' play, of the type that would traditionally serve as a thematically ap
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...ut enemies at bay by swinging the staff in the air, drawing out the [[kuji-kiri]] as he did. It is said that the Bojutsu in Kukishin Ryū was later devised
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...mples in kabuki of an ''[[enkiri]]'' scene, in which two lovers cut off (''kiri'') their relationship (''en'').
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...onding to the ''kyû'' (quick denouement) of ''jo-ha-kyû'', ending plays (''kiri Noh'') often feature a demon, spirit, or sprite, and emphasize dance over p
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