Every actor in kabuki -- a traditional Japanese performing art celebrated for its striking makeup and elaborate costumes -- ...

Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theaters and special events every few years. Now, the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's stately traditional kabuki theatre resumed performances on Saturday after a five-month break due to the novel coronavirus, with musicians in masks, actors farther apart on ...

Children performing Kabuki theater have attracted crowds to a festival in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The Nagahama ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Naomi Hibino says her initial response was to “go numb” upon learning that she and her fellow hair and makeup artists had been ...

The tradition of name succession in Japan's Kabuki theater continues with the eighth Kikugoro, emphasizing the importance of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kabuki actors, Kikunosuke Onoe, left, and the eighth Kikugoro Onoe, right, attend a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents ...

TOKYO(AP) — Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theaters and special events every few years.

TOKYO (AP) — Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theaters and special events every few years.