ABSTRACT

In Kabuki the play, singing alld dancillg, occurs durillg the course of the development of a story characterized by dramatic elements, alld the whole performance is executed as a highly refined art. 1"'0 be exact the Kabuki may be described as a play more lil<e a revue than a drama, in the European sel1se-a play in which a classical story is enlivened with spectacular scenes.