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media type="custom" key="8452830" OUTLINE Stages Puppets Actors Kabuki
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 * Kabuki stage is decorated
 * Noh Stage is a flat floor
 * Bunraku Stage is plain because the focus is on the puppets.
 * Size of puppets is based on the importance of its part
 * Puppets play all roles in a Bunraku Play
 * Voices are done by a Joruri
 * Bunraku is puppets except for a Joruri who does all the talking or chanting.
 * Noh actors must act with patience and zest because of their long hard rehearsals and plays.
 * Kabuki cast is called a troupe.
 * Most Popular type of theatre
 * Pretty decorations and stages

Noh
 * Many types of plays.
 * Is like a musical
 * based on the idea of wholesomeness.

Bunraku __**ESSAY ON THEATRE IN ANCIENT JAPAN**__ Kabuki theatre was considered the most popular form of entertainment and theatre back in Ancient Japan. Kabuki theatre was the most elaborate of all types of theatre because of how decorated the actors and the stage were. Some Kabuki theatre's had women standing outside of them trying to lure travelers to come and relax and enjoy a good Kabuki production. Kabuki theatres had different types of actors who did different types of acts such as acrobats and tightrope walkers. The cast for a Kabuki show was called a troupe. Something odd about Kabuki is that the best seats were located on the floor in front of the theatre. All though it is said that the stage of a Kabuki theatre often rotates, sometimes it's not the stage that is rotating, but instead it can be also the actor/ actors who are moving around. The sound of two wooden blocks signaled the starting of a play and quieted the audience. Kabuki theatre was a very popular source of entertainment and often told stories and myths from Japan's ancient culture. Kabuki was enjoyed very much back then and can still sometimes be enjoyed today. Noh was a type of theatre and entertainment in Ancient Japan that came around in the 14 and 15 centuries. Noh plays are extremely lengthy today and can last from 24 to 48 hours sometimes. Way back in the beginning of Noh, those long plays could be performed in 25 minutes because of the lack of technology and elaborateness. Some Noh plays should be considered musicals considering that they can have up to 12 numbers (musical pieces) in one play. The costuming was very magnificent and grandeur- the nicer the clothes, the more proper the actors and directors. No one element stand out apart from the whole when the performing of Noh occurs, this type of theatre was made to be very wholesome. Noh also was made to focus on the types of art of mimes and stylized dance. Rehearsals for Noh plays were super intense so actors had to act with zest and patience. Noh plays had five categories: God Plays, Warrior Plays, Women Plays, Miscellaneous Plays, and Demon Plays. Noh-all in all- was the second most popular type of entertainment in Ancient Japan and is still enjoyed today by some cultural-minded citizens in Japan today. The Bunraku is a puppet theater. It was developed in the late 16th and 17th centuries. Now we call the puppet theater Bunraku though it was originally referred as ningyo joruri, the word Bunraku was created in the early 1800s. In order for the three elements of Bunraku puppets, recitation, and music to be interesting and entertaining they needed a tale from a well told structure. Puppets ranged from one half, to two-thirds of life size and weighed as much as 50 pounds. Small puppets were used for minor characters. The joruri (tayu) recites all the puppets voice. If it is a long play, the joruri is responsible for memorizing all the lines. They had to change their voice quality to show, gender, age, and social class. Originated from combination of other preforming arts. Also kabuki is a great influence on Bunraku. There are lots of different types of actors in Japan. For example Noh actors learn the craft at an early age. Then when they become mature actors they teach other children. The Joruri, Gidayu made a name for himself as a master of narrative chant. His Joruri chanting stile bears his name as Gidayu - bushi. In Kabuki- there were many different types of actors such as tightrope walkers and acrobats. Also there were many different types of roles people could play for example male roles: who can play handsome men and amorous men (wagoto), Evil men roles: fools (dokegata), old evil men (oyajigata), warriors. (jitsuaku), Female roles: young commoner women (musumegata). Then last of all there were children roles (kokata). Stages for entertainment in the Ancient Japan were very important to the form of play. They were all similar and different in all variety's of ways. A kabuki stage was sometimes a rotating stage (but sometimes the actor was the one who was rotating) and was always well decorated. The seats for the Kabuki were located on the floor in front of the stage. Pretty paper lanterns also hung around the theatre sometimes. The actors would not just perform on the main stage, but also move along in the house (the audience). For the Noh stage, it was a more simple setting. It was most often just a formalized and bare platform stage. Since Noh plays are usually more simple and humble, the wholesome stage helps the audience focus on the performers and not the decorations. Bunraku stages were much different things that could be many different types of stages. Puppets were actually the only "people" shown on the stage so the stage did not need to be to elaborate or big.
 * Puppets are used instead of actors (except for the Joruri)
 * Known as the first: Puppet Theatre.
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