Kabuki

Kabuki (歌舞伎 kabuki^?) is a classical Japanese dance-drama(-.-). Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.

The three main categories of kabuki play are jidai-mono (時代物, historical, or pre-Sengoku period stories), sewa-mono (世話物, domestic, or post-Sengoku stories) and shosagoto (所作事, dance pieces).

Unlike jidaimono which generally focused upon the samurai class, sewamono focused primarily upon commoners, namely townspeople and peasants.

Important elements of kabuki include the mie (見得), in which the actor holds a picturesque pose to establish his character.^[18]