Explore the fascinating conventions and traditions of kabuki. Actor Kataoka Ainosuke explains the origins and meanings of kabuki's unique make-up, its onnagata techniques and stage machinery.

In the Hawaiian Islands, where many Japanese people had immigrated since the Meiji Era (1868-1912), a unique, localized form of Kabuki has been developing for more than a century. Hawaiian Kabuki ...

Kabuki has a 400-year history. Kabuki actor Nakamura Kazutaro is carrying on the tradition and he has achieved great success in Spain blending Kabuki and Flamenco. What is the future he envisions ...

Anime's huge rise in global television can be ... This philosophy is rooted in traditional Japanese forms like kabuki and noh theater, where exaggerated gestures and stylized performances make ...