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* ''Japanese'': 歌舞伎十八番 ''(Kabuki Juuhachiban)''

* ''Japanese'': 歌舞伎十八番 ''(Kabuki Juuhachiban)''

The Kabuki Jûhachiban, or "Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays", is a set of [[kabuki]] plays, strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line of actors ever since their premieres, and chosen (assembled as "the eighteen") later by actor [[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Danjûrô VII]] (1791-1859) as the greatest representations of the ''[[aragoto]]'' style in the repertoire. The Danjûrô line has continued to dominate the leading roles, and the printing and production of these plays ever since.

The Kabuki Jûhachiban, or "Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays", is a set of [[kabuki]] plays, strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line of actors ever since their premieres, and chosen (assembled as "the eighteen") later by actor [[Ichikawa Ebizo V|Ichikawa Danjûrô VII]] (1791-1859) as the greatest representations of the ''[[aragoto]]'' style in the repertoire. The Danjûrô line has continued to dominate the leading roles, and the printing and production of these plays ever since.

Of the original eighteen, only ten or eleven are considered to still be actively performed, though some are performed far less frequently than others.

Of the original eighteen, only ten or eleven are considered to still be actively performed, though some are performed far less frequently than others.

==The Eighteen==

==The Eighteen==