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Wagoto (和事), or soft style, is a
style of
kabuki acting that
emphasizes realistic speech and gestures.
Wagoto actors typically do not
employ the exaggerated...
- Gongorō
Kagemasa in the
famous play Shibaraku.
Wagoto:
Wagoto roles are softer, gentler, characters. A
wagoto figure is
often a
companion to the
chief aragoto...
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particularly representative of the style.
Aragoto is
often contrasted with the
wagoto ("soft" or "gentle") style,
which emerged around the same time but focuses...
- the
aragoto and
wagoto styles,
which is rare,
considering he
hails from the
Kansai area,
where most
kabuki actors specialize in the
wagoto style. "The 8th...
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dance pieces.
Styles of
kabuki performance include aragoto ('rough style'),
wagoto ('soft style') and
onnagoto ('female style').
Kabuki developed out of opposition...
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originated in the
Kamigata area,
particularly Kyoto,
which also
perfected the
wagoto (gentler
style of acting) school. It grew out of Noh
theatre and traditional...
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early kabuki actor of the
Genroku period in ****an. He was a
pioneer of the
wagoto style, and of
Kamigata kabuki more generally. His
influence persists in...
- "Sinposiumu:
Genroku shoki Sakata Tōjūrō no
wagoto butai ****katsu wo megutte" [Symposium: To
revive the
wagoto play
originated by
Sakata Tōjūrō in early...
- and was
renowned as both a
skilled wagotoshi (actor of male
roles in the
wagoto tradition) and
onnagata (actor of
female roles). He was the
fourth in the...
- roles),
specializing in
playing the
roles of young,
handsome lovers in the
wagoto style, a type of role
known as nimaime. Kan'ya is also
known for his early...
