Kabuki Mask

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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 character.

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Kabuki is modern theater art form Classical masks are replaced by painted faces and makeup This form uses all kind of techniques like actors attached to wires and “fly” upward or downward moving part of sets and revolving stage Rice powder is used to create a white base for makeup Click to see full answer.

9 Traditional Japanese Masks and their Meanings

Mempo (Samurai Masks) Mempo is known as samurai mask used both to protect warriors’ faces and to give fearful impressions to enemies Mempo were started to be worn in wars from the 16th century and they were made by skillful craftsmen using iron and lacquered leather Noh Masks Noh is a type of traditional Japanese musical drama Since all roles were played by male actors female characters and old men characters were played with masks Hyottoko Masks Hyottoko is a silly childlike character in traditional Japanese performances with a funny facial expression on his face His mouth is always rounded and skewed to one side Okame Masks Okame masks sometimes called Otafuku demonstrate a female character with a round face small nose and small head design They are often referred to a female version of Hyottoko and both Okame and Hyottoko usually appear together.

Japanese Masks in Noh Theater and Kabuki artelino

Masks in Noh TheaterThe Role of omoteTypes of Noh MasksJapanese Masks and The Kabuki TheaterJapanese Noh Theater and Woodblock PrintsKabuki Masks and UkiyoeJapanese Masks and Japanese PrintsMasks are a fundamental part of the Japanese Noh Theater Noh masks are called omotein Japanese They serve to characterize a certain role in a play Noh plays seldom have more than 23 actors and only the actor who represents the main role (“shite”) plus his companion (“tsure”) wear masks The narrator (“waki”) never wears a mask Apart from signalizing the character of the role to the audience the mask has also the function of hiding any individual traces of the actor A Noh actor is not expected to expose himself as a great individual in playing his role He is rather expected to emerge completely into the character he is supposed to play Noh actors usually meditate before stepping on the stage to reach complete identification with their role Noh masks are carved out of wood With their small openings for the eyes they are not very practical for the actors Therefore Noh stages have a kind of grid lines on the floor to enable the actors a minimum of orientation while on stage There are roughly 5060 different categories of Noh masks to represent specific characters and beings Basic categories are 1 otoko human male 2 jo elders 3 onna woman 4 uba old woman 5 chigo children 6 jinki supernatural being 7 kijin demons 8 different forms of animal masks There are also Noh masks used only for particular plays In contrast to Noh theater actors of the kabuki theater usually do not wear a mask To characterize a role kabuki uses kumadori the painted faces For more information take a look at our page about kabuki terms But there is one exception Masks play a major role in the kabuki play Nanatsumen The Seven Masks This play is one of the famous “Eighteen Kabuki Pieces of Ichikawa Danjuro” also known as kabuki juhachiban It is a quickchange piece in which the protagonist plays a Noh mask maker who transforms himself into the characters of different masks dancing their parts This play is seldom performed today But scenes from the play are to be found on Japanese woodblock prints Images from the Japanese Noh theater are rare on Japanese prints Ukiyoe in the 18th and 19th century was a popular mass media for the common people while the Noh theater was something for aristocrats and higher classes and not even accessible for commoners Therefore you will hardly find any Japanese printsfrom the 18th or 19th century with Noh scenes or portraits of Noh actors Only Tsukioka Kogyo 18691927focused his activities on this subject in two large print series from the turn of the century and the 1920s Kabuki scenes and portraits of kabuki actors on the other hand are the major topic of popular Japanese ukiyoe printsin the eighteenth and nineteenth century Even in the twentieth century the subject remained popular among Japanese printmakers Mainly on Japanese kabuki prints from the Meiji period one can find depictions of masks They refer to the above mentioned kabuki play of The Seven Masks and usually show a famous actor from the lineage of the Danjuro family Masks are a favorite but not too frequently shown subject for Japanese printssince the early nineteenth century Author Dieter Wanczura First Publication 5/4/2009 Latest Update 10/8/2020.