Ahead of a show at the famed Kabuki-za theater in central Tokyo, wig master Tadashi Kamoji carefully places a topknot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kabuki actors, Kikunosuke Onoe, left, and the eighth Kikugoro Onoe, right, attend a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents ...

Every actor in kabuki -- a traditional Japanese performing art celebrated for its striking makeup and elaborate costumes -- ...

(CNN) — In the movie “Kokuho,” a three-hour epic spanning half a century in the life of a fictional kabuki actor, we see the traditional art form slowly retreat from Japanese popular culture. What was ...

TOKYO(AP) — Handing down a name over generations is a central part of the Japanese traditional theater art of Kabuki, and that ceremony gets celebrated at theaters and special events every few years.