坂東玉三郎 「藤娘」 Tamasaburo "Wisteria Maiden" part 2

The dance "Fuji Musume" (Wisteria Maiden)

[@complementa]

What an exquisite and gracious performance! This is perfection itself.

[@Kilaulani]

きれいかったです。ありがとうございます。本当に。

[@fabricboi]

I have been to Kyoto as an X-change student I really loved the theatre there and the arts and including weaving :) and you are right Youmi-San about the Maiko and Geiko. Kabuki and Noh are the most amazing and skilled artist in all of Japan Domo Arigatto Gozaimasu!!!!!!!!

[@Kherron201]

it was actually, in one of the interview videos it states that neither women nor beautiful young men were allowed to perform in Kabuki as it was often used to exploit them. So the only ones able to play women in kabuki theater were the older men, thus onnagata were born. Not to say it happened in every kabuki theater, but often enough that they had to make a law to prevent it from continuing. And a prostitute in the pleasure quaters was generally well taught in the arts so it wasn't all sex.

[@yoyoeq]

Awesome performance. And thanks for the translation, narration and uploading. :)

[@bandotamasaburo]

I'm glad you like the videos. The narration was done by Paul M. Griffith though.

[@birdonet]

En España la wisteria se llama glicinia, florece en Abril y su aroma es muy fragante.

[@VTPPGLVR]

"she will repeat these movements later on, after drinking a cup of sake." X-D made me think of how someone might say "you'd have to get me good 'n' drunk if u wanna see me do THAT again!!" LOLz

[@furanpyon]

I saw "Fuji musume" live but the onnagata was Kikunosuke - what a pity not to see Tamasaburo but Kikunosuke is awesome too!

[@DecayedFox]

just beautiful

[@bri123786]

0.0. now i want to go to Japan even more so i can c 1 of those dances

[@shimizusatsuki]

So beautiful!

[@JPandCo]

kabuki actors have even more elegance than geishas and of course even more than maikos, i know an onnagata is a representation of an ideal woman... and they do are! i really enjoy when he opens the fan

[@teresa561000]

una meraviglia che sospende il fiato...teresa ludovico

[@lihiong]

Thank you tiffenakou san for all this videos. I love your commentarys and because of this I`m able to understand all the graceful movements. I just become akabuki fan from Germany

[@song32290]

wow! He's so perfect!

[@llqffqy]

舞姿太美了，音樂超讚的!

[@birdonet]

La bella glicina sí llama Glicinia en español, florece en Abril, y Su aroma es Muy Delicado y fragante.

[@TemLo5425]

wow! he pulled that wisteria-branch out of nowhere!

[@Aryakanta]

Exquisite. Thank you!

[@sou990]

utsukushii to kirei desu. domou arigatou goszaimasu.

[@namiexamuroxnobody]

thank you I agree^^

[@qq331002556]

thanks

[@AshNight1214]

Haha how did I know you'd be here? yay!

[@Kizame777]

if it wasn't for prostitutes, I bet there would be more female dancers then some in some kabuki dances

[@YumiYoukai]

FALSE! Dancing and acting by women was forbidden on stage! In the beginning Kabuki had females playing female parts. However, once the law came into effect the creation of the "onna gata" was a necessity. Even though that law is no longer, there are STILL no women kabuki actors. There is no such thing. What you're thinking of is Nihon Buyo, which derives from Kabuki theatre (which it is btw. It's theatre). Prositution, though common, wasn't as widespread to be the cause of "onna gata". - Yumi

[@Kievlana]

reall beautiful dance, but i just cannot believe that is a man O_o

[@imxinnerxpink]

it's a HE? :O

[@henjokongo]

For the aroused, it should be remembered that the actor is a DUDE. :P

[@ashiwaraouji]

すごく美しいのですが、もう少し舞台が薄暗いほうがええんちゃうかな 歌舞伎って義太夫や能とちがって変にあかるすぎんねん

[@MeduSirena]

Fantastic- what a joy to watch!