Kumadori
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Kumadori is the stage makeup worn by kabuki actors, mostly when performing kabuki plays in the aragoto style. The term also applies to a painting method in which two brushes are used simultaneously, o
The hero of Shibaraku wearing kumadori makeup. Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Shibaraku
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Shibaraku is a play in the Kabuki repertoire, and one of the celebrated Kabuki Jūhachiban. The play is noted for its flamboyantly dramatic costumes and makeup.
Kumadori
…Red kumadori indicates a powerful hero role, often a character with virtue and courage. The most famous role to use red kumadori is that of the hero in Shibaraku, Kamakura Gongoro, and has come to stereotypically represent kabuki in the West. Blue makeup is used to represent a villain, human or not, and represents…
Ichikawa Danjūrō V in the Shibaraku. ukiyo-e, by Utagawa Kunimasa, 1796
Danjuro Ichikawa IX as Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa in the November 1895 production of Shibaraku