fake kidnapping; staged kidnapping
supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
kyogen performer; comic actor
faked suicide; sham suicide; pseudocide
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
house playwright (of kabuki)
farce; burlesque; low comedy
performance of an entire play
kabuki play; kabuki drama; kabuki script
December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
local amateur kabuki performance (esp. popular in the late Edo and early Meiji periods)
impromptu skit; (theatrical) farce; extravaganza
type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)
second play on the program
discrete kyogen (performed between two noh plays)
last piece in a kabuki programme
upcoming program; upcoming programme
successful kyogen play; hit
place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)
kabuki in the Kyoto-Osaka style
theatre that uses water for tricks, etc.(during hot weather)
kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)