Giba - Giba

...Also, "Ushiroburi" is a beautiful back view unique to female actors that is taken when a woman's resentment or sorrow reaches its peak. Representative kata for tachiyaku actors include "Danshichihashiri," "Giba," "Rokuho," "Uchikomi," and "Ishinage." "Danshichihashiri" is a kata in which a military commander runs up a large pine tree to scout the approaching enemy army, waving his left and right hands alternately as he starts to run....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Giba" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また，〈うしろぶり〉は，女の恨みごとや悲しみが頂点に達したときにする女形独特の美しい後ろ姿である。　立役の代表的な型としては，〈団七走り〉〈ギバ〉〈六方〉〈打込（うちこみ）〉〈石投げ〉などがある。〈団七走り〉は，武将が押し寄せる敵軍を偵察するため，松の大木に登ろうとして駆け行く型で，左右の手を大きく交互にふって走りだす。…

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