Actor - Engisha

Japanese: 演技者 - えんぎしゃ
Actor - Engisha

In general, an actor can be defined as someone who uses his or her own body as material to transform into something else in a theatrical performance. In this case, the lines, gestures, and facial expressions are, in principle, the means by which the actor acts.
[Around the word "actor"]
The concept of an actor as we know it today in Japan can be said to be largely an importation of that concept from modern Western theater.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "actors" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一般に俳優とは,演劇のなかで自分の身体を素材にして,他の何かになりかわる者と定義できるだろう。その際,せりふと身ぶり・表情が原則としてその演技者の手段となる。
[〈俳優〉という言葉の周辺]
 今日の日本でわれわれ知るところの俳優という概念は,ほぼ近代西洋演劇におけるそれの移入であると言ってよい。…

※「演技者」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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