Characters
History Lesson
Vocab
Kabuki Theatre
Plot Points
100
Who Tokubei is in love with.
Ohatsu.
100
In 1629, this group of people was banned from performing onstage.
Females.
100
Kabuki.
Highly stylized Japanese theatre.
100
One trademark of Kabuki theatre is this. (Multiple answers).
Outlandish wigs, costumes, makeup; exaggerated gestures.
100
Out of the two lovers, this one is the first one to die.
Ohatsu. (Tokubei kills her and then himself.)
200
Kuheiji’s relationship to Tokubei before their fight.
Best/Close friends - like brothers.
200
The period between 1603-1868.
Edo period. / Tokugawa period.
200
Sewamono.
Domestic tragedy.
200
Ukiyo-e, the origin of Kabuki theatre, centered here.
The red-light districts.
200
Kuheiji tricks Ohatsu by doing this.
Telling him he needs a loan, denying taking money and when Tokubei shows him the stamp he says it was stolen.
300
Main traits leading to Tokubei’s downfall.
Generosity and trust.
300
Between Artisans and Samurai on the social pyramid.
Farmers.
300
Shogun.
Military dictators of Japan.
300
Male performers adopted this Noh tradition in 1629.
Playing female roles themselves.
300
The dowry was this much money.
2 kamme.
400
How Ohatsu feels about the suicides.
She agrees to it, she feels it is her only option.
400
The Meiji period marked the end of a prohibition that lasted this long.
(More than) two centuries.
400
Ukiyo-e
Floating world of cities.
400
The originator of Kabuki theatre.
O-Kuni.
400
Tokubei was supposed to marry this person.
His uncle's wife's niece.
500
Ohatsu feels this since Tokubei is suffering because of her (Multiple Answers).
Happy, sad and grateful all at once.
500
The meaning of this symbol.
The Tokugawa clan crest.
500
Shinju.
What is a tale of murder-suicide?
500
The city courtesans followed O-Kuni's example and started doing this.
Performing Kabuki theatre as a way to display themselves to the customers.
500
An example of exaggerated Kabuki movement in the play.
At Temma House when Ohatsu hides Tokubei and they communicate using their hands and feet.