MIYA-CHAN'S SUMMER VACATION
Saturday, August 23, 2014
KABUKI FUN FACTS: With the Ichikawa Nekojin Kabuki Players
KABUKI FUN FACTS from the Ichikawa Nekojin Kabuki Players and Aoi Tokugawa
Kabuki and cartoons have something in common.
For one thing, both project the nature of a character by their face - its color and expression. A bad guy has a terrible face, and a guy who is good or "cool" has a cool face. In Kabuki, a nice guy like Sukeroku has white makeup and red kumadori; that is, a particular style of makeup used in kabuki in which red, blue, brown, and black cosmetics are painted on an actor’s face to emphasize the nature of the character he portrays.
In the case of a female role, for example, a sexy or desirable unmarried lady wears a red kimono. In comics you are likely to see such a woman, perhaps a femme fatale, in a tight-fitting red dress.
The etymology of kabuki is “kabuku”; that is, inclined toward an imbalance or abnormality. Kabuki players like to wear strange fashions; so one might say then, that kabuki is the father of cosplay (costume play).
And there it is and there you have it.
Kabuki and cartoons have something in common.
For one thing, both project the nature of a character by their face - its color and expression. A bad guy has a terrible face, and a guy who is good or "cool" has a cool face. In Kabuki, a nice guy like Sukeroku has white makeup and red kumadori; that is, a particular style of makeup used in kabuki in which red, blue, brown, and black cosmetics are painted on an actor’s face to emphasize the nature of the character he portrays.
In the case of a female role, for example, a sexy or desirable unmarried lady wears a red kimono. In comics you are likely to see such a woman, perhaps a femme fatale, in a tight-fitting red dress.
The etymology of kabuki is “kabuku”; that is, inclined toward an imbalance or abnormality. Kabuki players like to wear strange fashions; so one might say then, that kabuki is the father of cosplay (costume play).
And there it is and there you have it.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
THE CATKIDS KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN
The catkids know how to have fun, even on a hot summer day
with apologies to Ohno Bakufu (1888 - 1976).
Copyright 2014 by Hayato Tokugawa, Catman Comix, and the Kitty Mafia Art Worx. All rights reserved.
Monday, August 11, 2014
THE KITTY MAFIA DINE OUT AT CALZONE, SAN FRANCISCO
The Kitty Mafia out for dinner at Calzone Restaurant,430 Columbus Avenue
in San Francisco's North Beach District.
THE KITTY MAFIA AND THE CLOWN
The Kitty Mafia and the Clown - Jackson Street, The Barbary Coast, San Francisco...a long time ago.
Saturday, August 9, 2014
TADPOLES
Saturday, August 2, 2014
TAJIMI MOSQUITOES
SOCHI REMEMBERED
It's been so hot lately, over 100 degrees F. for over a week, that I couldn't help but think back to last winter when Catman and Super Sumie traveled to Sochi, Russia, for the Winter Olympics.
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