MAPEH 8

It is a highly stylized Japanese dance drama.

• Kabuki

• Yakuharai technique

• Wayang Kulit

• Peking Opera

A fine delivery of poetical material written in Japanese metrical form with seven and five syllables alternated.

• Kabuki

• Yakuharai technique

• Wayang Kulit

• Peking Opera

It is a wooden clapper used in ceremonial music to signal the beginning and the end of the performance.

• Hyoshigi

• Nagauta

• Hayashi

• Debayashi

A musical ensemble for kabuki theater which is a live performance of the shamisen players.

• Joruri

• Nagauta

• Hayashi

• Debayashi

An onstage music performance in full view of the audience.

• Joruri

• Nagauta

• Hayashi

• Debayashi

A musical ensemble located on the left side of the stage.

• Joruri

• Nagauta

• Yakuharai technique

• Nori technique

It is performed on a tiered platform backstage.

• Joruri

• Nagauta

• Yakuharai technique

• Nori technique

It is adapted from chanting the joruri, which entails a very sensitive capacity of riding the rhythms of the shamisen.

• Joruri

• Nagauta

• Yakuharai technique

• Nori technique

It is used for special effects, the kagebayashi are invisible and the audience is seated at the lower seats of the stage.

• Geza

• Ipponchoshi

• Nagauta

• Joruri

It is used in speeches building up to an explosive climax in Aragoto style.

• Geza

• Ipponchoshi

• Nagauta

• Joruri