That's really cool!

Such a nice story, Thank you for sharing!

Okay, I really doubt any of this happened. Can you tell me the actor's name? It doesn't have to be their real name. Their Kabuki stage name will do. If not, can you at least tell me what guild they're from? Also, why in the New Tokyo National Theater? That theater is known for operas and ballet performances, not Kabuki and traditional Japanese dance. Kabuki is performed in the National Theatre of Japan. Despite their similar names, they are two completely different places. One is located in Shibuya and the other one is in Chiyoda. I also doubt the possibility that they were just practicing there. The New Tokyo National Theater doesn't have a hanamachi, a very important part of Kabuki. If you were already in Akihabara, why wouldn't the Kabuki actor take you to the National Theatre of Japan since it's relatively close?

@@Shanaoh It's my first time in Japan and I don't read Japanese, it could have been either and I didn't recognize which is which, it could have been the National Theatre of Japan, as you said, I won't have known.

@@1003JustinLaw Still didn't answer my first question though. What's the actor's stage name? Being able to perform in the national theatre is a big deal. Depending on the time of the year, even the Emperor and the Prime Minister are in attendance for the prestigious award ceremony known as the Japan Prize. Letting a random foreigner watch a rehearsal for free is quite doubtful. Also, both of those buildings have their respective English names written at the entrance and within the buildings, as well as in their immediate vicinity. You really have to try if you want to ignore all of them.

I thought Ki was soul or life

@@whyu7580 that's 気 (ki) not 伎 (ki)

@@MiguelX413 make Japanese tonal to easily understand

@@karaqakkzl I think it works just fine

oh wow intresting thank you

*Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, anyone?????*

@@wigglyziggly literally the first thing that comes in my mind

@@afif5496 me too as soo as the narrator said Bizarre, Jojo poses comes in my mind lol

Sadly Jojo poses are more influenced by classical statues and fashion magazines than kabuki theater (as Araki stated himself)

*WRYYYYYYYY*

OHHH NOW THE ANIME REFERENCE MAKES SENSE

Even jiraiya did Kabuki poses and had Kabuki type Mark on his face

@Oscar Wind probably.

Jiraiya was too. His hair, movements and some of what he said was also inspired by kabuki. (If you watched it Subbed not Dubbed)

Jiraiya

Hallows4 we had too much Avatar lol

They were obviously inspired by Avatar Kyoshi herself, who was the main influencer of such~

Yeah? I mean, maybe, Kabuki is Japanese but the culture of Avatar is largely Chinese if I'm not mistaken.

@@ghostderazgriz The earth kingdom is Chinese, and Air nomads if you count Tibetans, but the southern water tribe and fire nation are different

@@alvinle8721 Fire Nation is Japanese and Water Tribe is Native American

Agreed

LOOOOOL

Heheheh

Sorry. This animation has wrong. These people looks "Chinese". This animator can not understand "Japanese" and "Chinese".

@@sunsun2181 I think you mean design or even art style. Animation is just moving images or the images of that design and art style.

Seriously man! I laughed so hard.

You can to watch Kabuki in KZfaq, too. Please enjoy.

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In ancient Japan, there was a tradition of gay relationship between samurais (warrior class). It was considered that such relationship was a symbol of manly spirit. So elder samurais who do not have private gay relationships bought young boys as male prostitutes.

Naliaka Peres Opiyo Picture this...pretty young guys doing melodrama...emphasis in pretty.

Wasabi

@DiscoNight Same. They were YOUNG BOYS, not young MEN.

It reminded me of shotacon

Agreed

I know it's been so long, but thanks for the lesson!

Agreed

Same thing I was thinking! :O

Z-Statistic I say yes

It's a little mixed up but anime was based on manga, which was one of the most popular mediums at that time, and then incorporated other influences into it. Manga was heavily influenced by Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Also, early woodblock prints depicted the first porn to be circulated to all classes. It's called Shunga. This is where hentai was born....

Ro ro?

Also there is jiraiya koketsu monogatari

Roger Levy haha

Agreed

I’d love to! Will suggest to Ted-Ed. Thanks!

Agreed.

Whitney lps Productions you do know that that isn't an actual time right

3:46

It led me to 4:04

You mean 3:46

@@strawberrykun6136 me too

it would be called Nihon Buyo do not embarrass yourself, learn Nihon Buyo by an actual professional do not call it Kabuki dance because Kabuki doesn't have dancing its theatre performances so Kabuki had dance but it isn't a dance form it is an art form

Natasel I suppose, but I meant more in terms of substance than just the appearance of characters. I also suspect Naruto is a bit of an outlier, given how unusual the setting is. You don't get the same parallels in Bleach, FMA, Evangelion or any of the other anime I can think of off the top of my head. The only example from One Piece I can think of is Kumadori, the CP9 from the Enies Lobby arc. And he is quite a minor character. I meant more along the lines of structure and plot elements. For example, one *very* common theme in anime is the protagonist having a particularly powerful or noteworthy father (Naruto = Minato, Bleach = Isshin, One Piece = Dragon, FMA = Hohenheim). Is this from Kabuki? It's not something you see in Western media much. Even when protagonists come from a noble background, their fathers are generally not very noteworthy as individuals. There are other things as well, apparently the way anime characters deliver monologues is also influenced by Kabuki.

Natasel I wasn't saying Bleach...etc didn't have Kabuki elements, you seriously misunderstood my comment. I was just saying that they just were not all as obviously visual as Jiraiya from Naruto, for example. Naruto is an outlier in the sense that it is more visually influenced by traditional East Asian culture than say, One Piece or FMA, which both have vaguely western settings.

***** Of course, I focussed on anime because I like anime personally, not because I assume kabuki only influenced Japanese or global culture in that way.

+Merry Machiavelli hmm that is true about Naruto, but the author and his brother grew up near a US military base. Naruto apparently has some American values thrown in there from what I read, like about Sasuke and his feelings towards his family I think

Galey Luu Sasuke and his family? How so? Most analysis I've read on Sasuke's character (and Western and Japanese fans contrasting reactions to Sasuke) consider Sasuke's hangups in regards to his family _very_ Japanese. It's to do with filial piety, which is a massive deal in Confucian-influenced countries but rather less important in the West, when weighed against individualism and personal ambition. Western fans mostly see Sasuke's obsessive desire to avenge his family as irrational at best and a sign of mental instability at worse. He's sympathised with for having a traumatic childhood, but most Western fans ended up finding his reaction over-the-top and even a little bit annoying. (I certainly did, when he was in his 'I must destroy Konoha' phase) From what I've gathered, he gets much more sympathy in Japan. There, the consensus seems to be that he was misguided but honourable. Devoting your life to your family (or avenging your family, as the case may be) is a virtue. Even if he was a 'bad guy', he was a bad guy with a tragic past and sympathetic motivations. I can't say that Naruto isn't influenced by American values in other ways though.

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+Galey Luu if you pay attention to the monsters you'll see it

Exaggerated costumes and expressions for the monsters, inclusive of their seemingly out-of-character ways *like the most powerful evil one behaving whimsically* ~ looks to be true! Even outside of the Japanese original version, the western take still holds on to the kabuki ways :D

The majority of the Super Sentai/Power Ranger plots and stories; their poses, the costumes; the characters especially the villains, the special effects - all screams kabuki/bunraku.

Have you seen the way they act in that show? Its literally a modern day version of Kabuki

this doesn't explain about sailor moon though, but who am I to assume? I ONLY KNOW THE MEMES

Thank you!

Agreed.

Hey fellow genshin player 👋

Absolutely

Agreed

Visual Kei?

Does Tom have a KZfaq channel?

Saracles Nowadays, though, children do perform Kabuki. I would imagine it's only for special occasions and isn't the norm. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kK6la8-auZPNj4U.html

Unfortunately, the time limits we’re given for the video lessons is just over two minutes. It’s difficult to fit every single aspect in there, but I did my best. Please check out the lesson supplement I wrote on the Ted-Ed site. Thanks!

like giorno with his eyelashes and hair, for example

Haku

​@@Basic_Cat i dont think araki was inspired by kabuki for that. yeah, no lol

Are you sure that it wasn't Nihon-Buyou/日本舞踊/Japanese Dance?

Kabuki is an theatrical art form, kabuki-cho is a name of a district or street in Japan The district's name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater; although the theater was never built, the name stuck.

Well...our MAPEH teacher is the one who showed us this...

It's true