Ichikawa Shojo Kabuki

...In the latter stages of its existence, it also performed plays in which men and women performed together with Shinpa actors, playing a transitional role before the appearance of actresses. The Ichikawa Shojo Kabuki, which was formed in 1948, had a process of formation that was different from that of the so-called female actors, from the historical background to the artistic quality and history, but this also ceased for a while. [Koike Shotaro]...

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…その晩期には新派俳優らとの男女合同劇も行われ，女優の出現する以前の過渡的な役割をも果たした。1948年に結成された〈市川少女歌舞伎〉は，歴史的背景から芸質･履歴にいたるまで，いわゆる女役者とは異質の成立過程であったが，これもしばらく行われてやんだ。【小池 章太郎】。…

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