Kabuki
noun
Ka·bu·ki
kə-ˈbü-kē 
ˈkä-bü-(ˌ)kē
ˈkä-bü-(ˌ)kē
: traditional Japanese popular drama performed with highly stylized singing and dancing
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In 1662, the Dutch were ousted by a half-Japanese, half-Chinese swashbuckler named Zheng Chenggong, also known as Koxinga, whose exploits are still celebrated in a famous Kabuki play.
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Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
The eerie town is a former World War II internment camp, all but deserted except for ghosts and a tiny figure who appears in a Kabuki map.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
For the past few years, the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco’s Japantown has hosted Sake Day, the largest celebration of its kind outside of Japan.
—Madeleine Mori, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
Details: Opens May 10 at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael and Landmark Opera Plaza and AMC Kabuki in San Francisco.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Hotel Kabuki is a peaceful retreat that perfectly reflects its Japantown surroundings.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
For now, all the Kremlin’s public statements about being willing to negotiate are merely Kabuki theater designed to paint Moscow in a favorable light in order to undermine international support for Ukraine.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
Some observers speculate that Putin, an impenetrable and often seemingly isolated figure, is the only person who fully believed the Kabuki theater of Russia’s election.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
In the tradition of Kabuki theater, actors paint this same white makeup on.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
The eerie town is a former World War II internment camp, all but deserted except for ghosts and a tiny figure who appears in a Kabuki map.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
For the past few years, the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco’s Japantown has hosted Sake Day, the largest celebration of its kind outside of Japan.
—Madeleine Mori, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Dec. 2023
Details: Opens May 10 at the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael and Landmark Opera Plaza and AMC Kabuki in San Francisco.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Hotel Kabuki is a peaceful retreat that perfectly reflects its Japantown surroundings.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2024
For now, all the Kremlin’s public statements about being willing to negotiate are merely Kabuki theater designed to paint Moscow in a favorable light in order to undermine international support for Ukraine.
—Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
Some observers speculate that Putin, an impenetrable and often seemingly isolated figure, is the only person who fully believed the Kabuki theater of Russia’s election.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
In the tradition of Kabuki theater, actors paint this same white makeup on.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
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Kabuki
noun
Ka·bu·ki
kə-ˈbü-kē
ˈkäb-u̇-(ˌ)kē
ˈkäb-u̇-(ˌ)kē
: traditional popular Japanese drama with singing and dancing
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