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*''Japanese'': 傾奇者・歌舞伎者 ''(kabukimono)''
[[File:Hikone-zeshin.JPG|right|thumb|320px|"Parody of the Four Accomplishments" (detail), by [[Shibata Zeshin]]; based on the ''[[Hikone Screen]]'', an image often used to represent the attitude and fashion of the ''kabukimono''.]]
*''Japanese'': 傾奇者 or 歌舞伎者 ''(kabukimono)''
''Kabukimono'' gangs were groups of flamboyant rogues comprised of increasingly bored samurai during the late [[Sengoku period]] and early [[Edo period]]. The term translates roughly to "eccentric," as the [[kanji|characters]] that comprise it mean, essentially, one (者) who leans (傾) [away from normal, or away from the norm] and is unusual (奇).
''Kabukimono'' gangs were groups of flamboyant rogues comprised of increasingly bored samurai during the late [[Sengoku period]] and early [[Edo period]]. The term translates roughly to "eccentric," as the [[kanji|characters]] that comprise it mean, essentially, one (者) who leans (傾) [away from normal, or away from the norm] and is unusual (奇).