kabuki
Elaborate empty ceremony
Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater characterized by elaborate costumes, stylized movements, and dramatic makeup.
In American political usage, kabuki (or kabuki theater) describes an elaborate performance where the outcome is predetermined—going through the motions for show while real decisions happen elsewhere: The congressional hearing was pure kabuki. (Capitalized Kabuki emphasizes the Japanese theatrical tradition.)
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- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- spectacleVisually striking event
- aragotoBravura kabuki performance style
kata · pose · flourish · gestural · formalized · symbolic · ornamentation
Japanese three-stringed plucked instrument
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mie
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- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
- spectacleVisually striking event
aragoto · kata · pose · flourish · gestural · formalized · symbolic · ornamentation
obi
Japanese robe sash
shamisen
Japanese three-stringed plucked instrument
mie
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Tokugawa
Ruling samurai dynasty, 1600s-1800s
- monInformal term for guy
- Japanese theaternoh, bunraku, Bunraku, kyogen, gagaku
- cultural artsart, music, dance, theater, opera
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- cultural traditionsflamenco, tango, hula, capoeira, mariachi
- dramaTV drama, acting, television drama, drama school, playwright
- JapanTokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Mount Fuji, Hokkaido
kabukireal talk
Frank, unfiltered discussion
straight talk · transparency · candor · sincerity · earnestness
kabukinaturalism
Worldview excluding the supernatural
realism · method acting · cinéma vérité · minimalism · slice of life
- kabuki maskJapanese theater face covering
- kabuki theaterStylized Japanese dramatic tradition
- kabuki danceFormalized Japanese theatrical movement
- kabuki makeupTraditional Japanese theatrical face paint
- kabuki theatreStylized Japanese dramatic form