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It's been a while, everyone.

It's the end of another year! Can you believe it! I can't believe it. 


Today, a drama about a Kabuki actor named Nakamura Nakazo will be aired in Japan. 


He was a very hard worker, and he created the villainous role of Onosadakuro, which is still passed down to this day.



Today I would like to write a little about the career and status of Kabuki actors. 


Nowadays, there are more and more opportunities for various kinds of activities. There are many TV shows, movies, and social networking sites.

There are many places where you can get noticed even when you are not on stage.

However, this has probably only been the case for the past ten years or so. 


In kabuki, blood is the most important factor. The son of a large family is raised carefully as a sergeant and is given very good roles from the time he is a child actor.

For this reason, they have to train very hard and devote everything to the stage. 


However, actors at the end of their careers or those who are not the sons of big families can only get a few roles, like "many others.

The reality is that there are very few opportunities for them to play an active role from the beginning. 


However, the rise in the status of kabuki actors known as "sergeants" did not start that long ago. 


Originally, in the Edo period, kabuki actors were known as beggars on the riverbank, and were regarded as lowly non-human beings of low status, as if they were dogs and animals. 


Even among them, there were ranks, and Nakamura Nakazo, whom I mentioned earlier, was at the very end of the ranks. 


He had to endure a lot of abuse and harassment, and he came up with the "Onosadakuro of KanadeHon chu Shingura"! This is how he came up with the "Kanate Honchu Shinkura no Onosadakuro"!

His life as an actor finally blossomed, and to this day he continues to be the subject of Rakugo stories. 


Until recently, kabuki, unlike Noh and other forms of drama, was regarded as a form of entertainment for the common people. 


In the Meiji era (1868-1912), the emperor was given an audience with kabuki, and Icikawadanjuro IX was inspired to raise the status of kabuki. 


In order to raise the status of kabuki, Icikawadanjuro IX was inspired to change the stage dance from a brothel to a palace dance, a dance called Kagami-jishi. 


These efforts were rewarded with the status of kabuki as we know it today.



It is a little sad that Kabuki has become so difficult and rigid that it has distanced itself from the common people, but if you know about the past, it is not that difficult, and I would like you to see it at least once.

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