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*''Aragoto'' 荒事 - lit. "rough pieces," a style of kabuki more associated with [[Edo]] than with [[Kamigata]], and featuring bold heroes and bombastic action.
*''Aragoto'' 荒事 - lit. "rough pieces," a style of kabuki more associated with [[Edo]] than with [[Kamigata]], and featuring bold heroes and bombastic action.
*''Banzuke'' 番付 - a listing of kabuki actors, courtesans, or sumo wrestlers for a given year or season, typically listing them in order of rank.
*''Enmoku'' 演目 - a play, or a piece. Can be used for most theatre forms.
*''Enmoku'' 演目 - a play, or a piece. Can be used for most theatre forms.
*''Geza'' 下座 - the enclosed area to one side of a kabuki stage where musicians perform, barely visible through latticed windows which serve to provide the musicians a limited view of the stage.
*''[[Hakama]] Noh'' 袴能 - Noh performed not in full costume, but in ''[[kamishimo]]''. This is often done in summer, in order to both protect the actors from the heat, and the costumes from the actors' sweat.
*''[[Hakama]] Noh'' 袴能 - Noh performed not in full costume, but in ''[[kamishimo]]''. This is often done in summer, in order to both protect the actors from the heat, and the costumes from the actors' sweat.
*''Hanamichi'' 花道 - lit. "flower path." A walkway running from the kabuki stage through the audience to the back of the theatre, along which dramatic entrances and exits were often performed. A trap door (''suppon'') was located 7/10ths of the way from the back of the theatre (3/10ths of the way from the stage) at a spot called ''shichi-san'', through which actors could also enter or exit.
*''Hatsubutai'' 初舞台 - an actor's debut; first appearance on stage
*''Hatsubutai'' 初舞台 - an actor's debut; first appearance on stage
*''Hayashi'' 囃子 - the orchestra or instrumental ensemble in [[Noh]] or [[kabuki]].
*''Hayashi'' 囃子 - the orchestra or instrumental ensemble in [[Noh]] or [[kabuki]].
*''[[Jidaimono]]'' 時代物 - a "period piece." A kabuki play set in a particular historical period, prior to the Edo period. Contrasted with ''sewamono'', contemporary plays set in the Edo period.
*''Kaeyagura'' 代櫓 - a temporary kabuki theatre, temporarily licensed by the Tokugawa shogunate to operate for a limited period of time, while one of the long-term licensed theatres is rebuilt, or otherwise temporarily not in operation. Also ''kariyagura'' 仮櫓.
*''Kaomise'' 顔見世 - "face-showing". The first performance of a new kabuki season.
*''Kirimaku'' 切幕 - the curtain at the rear of a kabuki theatre, through which actors entered & exited onto or from the ''hanamichi'' walkway.
*''Kiriotoshi'' 切り落とし - the "crush" space immediately in front of the stage in traditional kabuki theatres; the cheap seats.
*''[[Kumadori]]'' 隈取 - kabuki makeup, specifically makeup schema featuring bold lines or patterns in red or other colors to indicate a character's disposition or personality.
*''[[Kumadori]]'' 隈取 - kabuki makeup, specifically makeup schema featuring bold lines or patterns in red or other colors to indicate a character's disposition or personality.
*''Mie'' 見得 - dramatic poses performed by kabuki actors.
*''Mie'' 見得 - dramatic poses performed by kabuki actors.
*''Murasaki bôshi'' 紫帽子 - the purple cloth ''onnagata'' actors wore under their wigs, covering their shaved pates.
*''Odori'' 踊 - One of two broad categories of traditional dance, contrasted with ''mai''. ''Odori'' are defined by rhythmic movement of the limbs, and by a freer, more colorful, and more realistic style compared to ''mai''. ''Odori'' dance grows out of popular folk dance traditions, only becoming incorporated into formal/professional dance traditions later. It continues to be central to many folk dance traditions, as well as [[geisha]] and [[courtesan]] dances, kabuki, and ''[[Nihon buyo|Nihon buyô]]''.<ref name=tsubaki/>
*''Odori'' 踊 - One of two broad categories of traditional dance, contrasted with ''mai''. ''Odori'' are defined by rhythmic movement of the limbs, and by a freer, more colorful, and more realistic style compared to ''mai''. ''Odori'' dance grows out of popular folk dance traditions, only becoming incorporated into formal/professional dance traditions later. It continues to be central to many folk dance traditions, as well as [[geisha]] and [[courtesan]] dances, kabuki, and ''[[Nihon buyo|Nihon buyô]]''.<ref name=tsubaki/>
*''[[Onnagata]]'' 女形 - kabuki actors specializing in playing female roles
*''Rakan dai'' 羅漢台 - a viewing area behind the stage at a traditional kabuki theatre. The extra-cheap seats, offering a view chiefly of the backs of the actors.
*''Ritsu'' 律 - in Noh, the voice of sadness, of breath inhaled, in contrast to ''ryô''.
*''Ritsu'' 律 - in Noh, the voice of sadness, of breath inhaled, in contrast to ''ryô''.
*''Sajiki'' 桟敷 - box seats, either at a kabuki theatre, or along the road for watching a parade or procession
*''Sajiki'' 桟敷 - box seats, either at a kabuki theatre, or along the road for watching a parade or procession
*''[[Sewamono]]'' 世話物 - Kabuki plays set in contemporary Edo period society, typically in an urban, townsman (''[[chonin|chônin]]'') setting, in contrast to the ''[[jidaimono]]'' period plays set in earlier periods and typically revolving around imperial court or samurai figures.
*''Shibai'' 芝居 - a play, typically used in kabuki and not in Noh.
*''Shibai'' 芝居 - a play, typically used in kabuki and not in Noh.
*''[[Shibai jaya]]'' 芝居茶屋 - teahouses attached to kabuki theatres
*''[[Shibai jaya]]'' 芝居茶屋 - teahouses attached to kabuki theatres
*''Shichi san'' 七三 - lit. "seven and three." A spot along the ''hanamichi'' walkway in kabuki, where a ''suppon'' trap door was located. Actors often made dramatic poses, actions, or statements from this spot, roughly 3/10ths of the way into the audience from the stage.
*''Shikiriba'' - the management office and ticket counter at a kabuki theatre<ref name=clark27>Timothy Clark, "Edo Kabuki in the 1780s," ''The Actor's Image, Art Institute of Chicago'' (1994), 27.</ref>
*''Shikiriba'' - the management office and ticket counter at a kabuki theatre<ref name=clark27>Timothy Clark, "Edo Kabuki in the 1780s," ''The Actor's Image, Art Institute of Chicago'' (1994), 27.</ref>
*''Shûmei'' 襲名 - an actor's passing down and/or taking on of a stage name (esp. in kabuki). For example, in June 2012, kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III became Ichikawa En'ô II, passing on his name to his nephew Ichikawa Kamejirô II who then became Ichikawa Ennosuke IV. Productions officially said to be celebrating this ''shûmei'' continued through December 2013.
*''Shûmei'' 襲名 - an actor's passing down and/or taking on of a stage name (esp. in kabuki). For example, in June 2012, kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III became Ichikawa En'ô II, passing on his name to his nephew Ichikawa Kamejirô II who then became Ichikawa Ennosuke IV. Productions officially said to be celebrating this ''shûmei'' continued through December 2013.
*''Suppon'' 鼈 - lit. "snapping turtle." A trap door in the kabuki stage, allowing actors to enter from below the stage, or to exit down below it.
*''Wagoto'' 和事 - lit. "gentle pieces". A style of kabuki associated with Kamigata more so than Edo, featuring gentle male leads and romantic plots.
*''Wagoto'' 和事 - lit. "gentle pieces". A style of kabuki associated with Kamigata more so than Edo, featuring gentle male leads and romantic plots.
*''Yorizome'' - a ceremony held at the beginning of each new performance season, in which members of kabuki acting companies (troupes) come together for the first time that season<ref name=clark27/>
*''Yorizome'' 寄初め - a ceremony held at the beginning of each new performance season, in which members of kabuki acting companies (troupes) come together for the first time that season<ref name=clark27/>
*''Zagashira'' 座頭 - the head of a kabuki troupe/company of actors.
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