Kabuki actor - Kabukimono

Japanese: かぶき者 - かぶきもの

It refers to samurai and servants who carried out anti-establishment activities in Edo and other cities in the early Edo period. The word "kabuki" refers to unorthodox customs and behavior. It arose in the same era as "kabuki dance," the origin of kabuki, and both were perceived as heretical. Early kabuki performers were mostly servants of samurai families, such as chugen and komono, who were mainly small farmers who had fallen into poverty or who had been liberated from the patriarchal management of their village headmen.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代前期，江戸その他の都市を舞台に反体制的行動を展開した武士，奉公人などを指す。〈かぶき(傾き)〉という言葉はかたよった異様な風俗や行動をいう。歌舞伎の源流である〈かぶき踊〉と同じ時代相を背景として発生し，ともに異端的なものとして受け取られていた。初期のかぶき者には，没落した在地小領主や，名主（みようしゆ）の家父長制的経営から解放された小農民を主体とする中間（ちゆうげん），小者（こもの）などの武家奉公人が多かった。

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