Tamasaburo "Sagi Musume" 坂東玉三郎 「鷺娘」 - last section

For the first section of the dance, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q1MPw...
Tamasaburo performed his signature dance "Sagi Musume (Heron Maiden)" at the Kabuki-za, Tokyo. This is the last part of the dance. Here, on the stage, Tamasaburo morphed from a maiden into a heron spirit by means of a quick change of costumes. Tamasaburo also performed an 'ebizori mie' - the "prawn bend (backbend) pose".

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[tolleetvide]

Hi, I'm from Japan. Many japanese ppl believe that when one dies it's best to accept her/his death and let the attachment to the world and all earthly desires go. Otherwise s/he will never be able to transfer to "the other side" but instead will stay on the earth forever wondering around as a ghost with grudges. Plus, in traditional Japanese literatures, too strong passion is considered to cause insanity, esp. for young women. Check "Kiyohime" and "Yaoya Oshichi" with wikipedia ;)

[shakespearerules]

Yes; women were forbidden to act on the stage in medieval Japan, just like in Renaissance Europe. (Originally, Japanese brothels would put on plays and dances as advertisement for their girls, and huge fights would break out in the street over which john would get which girl, so the government banned women from the stage in an attempt to curb this violence without actually restricting prostitution, since they made a lot of tax money off of the girls' revenue, lol.)

[0523uesan]

鳥肌がたちました。素晴らしい。



[69irene]

i remembEr the scene iN meMoirs of A geiSha, debut danCe of Sayuri

[BlackFeather713]

It's not a geisha

[Tam SK]

The actor is NOT a male GEISHA. Bando Tamasaburo is one of the most appreciated Kabuki actor. He is also a Human National Treasure in Japan. Again, he is NOT a male GEISHA.

[xnarara]

What tard would dislike such beauty..

[mingmingbobo]

fabulous! 

[Matagu1]

The Geisha is a MAN!!! xDDDD

But i love male Geisha dance. <3

Is much elegant than female dance~

[KawaiiPandaPro]

yes i finally found it i watched this live when i studdied abroad

[Jacob De Camillis]

This is the definition of art...

[Shifang]

As long as I had someone to explain it to me, I could totally see myself getting into kabuki. This was neat! =)