Agemaku - Agemaku

A stage term used in Noh and Kabuki. On a Noh stage, it is a curtain hung at the boundary between the hashigashigaki and Kagami no Ma, and is also called the omakku. It is made of five colors of arabesque donsu, white, blue, red, yellow, and black, arranged vertically, and when performers enter or exit, two koken (guardians) use two poles attached to either end of the bottom of the curtain to lift it towards Kagami no Ma. Kabuki agemaku is a variation of this curtain, and is found at the end of the runway, and sometimes on the left and right side of the stage. The crest of the theater or performance company is dyed in white on a navy blue background, and it opens and closes from side to side.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

能、歌舞伎(かぶき)の舞台用語。能舞台では橋懸(はしがか)りと鏡の間の境目に下げた幕のことで「御幕(おまく)」ともいう。唐草緞子(からくさどんす)の白、青、赤、黄、黒の5色を縦に並べた幕で、演者の出入りには、後見(こうけん)2人が、幕の裾(すそ)の両端につけた2本の竿(さお)で鏡の間のほうへ跳ね上げる。歌舞伎の揚幕はその変形で、花道の突き当たり、ときに舞台の下手(しもて)、上手(かみて)にもある幕。紺地に劇場または興行会社の紋を白抜きに染め、左右に開閉する。

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