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Onnagata (女形/女方, lit. 'female role'), also
oyama (女形), are male
actors who play
female roles in
kabuki theatre. It
originated in 1629
after women were...
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earlier traditions and
examples of male cross-dressing in ****an, such as
onnagata in
kabuki theater.[citation needed] Its po****rity
increased around 2009...
- development, led to
these ****umptions
remains an open question.
Until 1644, when
onnagata actors were
required to
adopt male
hairstyles regardless of the gender...
- who
would vie with each
other to
purchase the
Kabuki actors' favors.
Onnagata (female-role) and wakashū-gata (adolescent boy-role)
actors in particular...
-
Saotome Taichi), is a ****anese
actor and singer. He pla****
young men and
onnagata roles of women. His
father is the head of the
theatre troupe Gekidan Sujaku...
- the ban on
women and
young boys. Cross-dressing male actors,
known as "
onnagata" (lit., "woman role") or "oyama" took over
previously female- or wakashu-acted...
-
bunraku dance scenes. However,
proper shosagoto dances,
performed by
onnagata (lit. "female role") actors,
entered the
kabuki repertoire in the Genroku...
- (born 25
April 1950) is a
Kabuki actor and the most po****r and
celebrated onnagata (an
actor specializing in
female roles)
currently on stage. He has also...
- the
first female acting "stars", most
notably Sarah Bernhardt. In ****an,
onnagata, or men
taking on
female roles, were used in
kabuki theatre when women...
- In
Sakura doki onna gyoretsu, this
onnagata is
attended by
three kuroko....
