Kabuki actors do not wear masks, but rather, most of them paint their faces in a style called "kesho." First, a performer applies a thick layer of white makeup made of rice powder over his entire face, using different shades depending on the age, social status and gender of his charac...
According to scholar Alan Cummings, this is why kabuki and drag performances are perceived to be “very different type[s] of art - the art of the onnagata is to create an emotional reaction in theater audiences, and to embody the drama faced by the female characters in the plays, rather...
Corn Barley– Hidden in the center near Kichijoji Station, this is one of the coolest places to eat in Tokyo—especially if you're a Studio Ghibli fan. Each side room is a homage to one of the popular animated Japanese films, and meals come with props of the colorful cast of characte...
We will also see theOyama quilt, made using cotton pilgrims’ wear, in its very first showing in San’in. Come learn about the fascinating connection between Mt. Daisen in Tottori and Mt. Oyama, near Tokyo in Kanagawa Prefecture! Why are the same characters 大山 used for two mountains but...
Kabuki Introduction Kikugoro Introduction Kikugoro Theater Kinu Cutscene (Manjimaru Dream) Manjimaru Cutscene Menu Characters Princess Hamaguri Introduction Title Screen Mobile Sheets: 806 Background (Knife Minigame) Athos Athos Ayra (Supreme Astra) Ayra (Supreme Astra) Ai Togo Ai...
Additionally, Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy depicts Toad in the same tennis wear as the other playable male characters. Regardless of his new looks, Toad's clothing style for the later Mario Sports game have him wearing his usual default clothing from the general Super Mario games (his...
Tim Curry’s character Dr. Frankenfurter is dressed in a style similar to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ when the main characters first come up to his lab. CinemaCostume DesignCross-dressingPhotography Who the Fuck is Pierre Laroche? Pierre Laroche photographed by Brian Duffy, 1973 ...
Luigi is Mario's younger but taller twin brother, the secondary protagonist of the Super Mario franchise, and the main protagonist of the Luigi's Mansion series. Throughout his life, he has lived in Mario's shadow, developing both cowardly and...
who he is supposedly trying to get out of the country. So, in short, females are only there to provide motivations for our male characters and have no agency on their own. They’re throw-a-ways, shown literally when the main catalyst female is found in a garbage bag (spoiler, I know...
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the Women’s National Book Association Bay Area chapter in the heart of North Beach with some of the finest female writers around. Wild Women Poets will gather at the landmark venue, The Beat Museum […] Thurs. April 4th, 7:30pm, 2019 Eves at the ...