Kyohaku

Japanese: 京白 - きょうはく
Kyohaku

...Also, only Jing and Chou wear makeup, and the audience can roughly tell whether the characters in the play are good or evil from their coloring. There are two types of lines: Yunbai and Jingbai. Yunbai is spoken with an accent from the Anhui and Hubei regions, and is rhythmic and rhymes, which is the main type of lines in Peking opera. Jingbai is Mandarin, which is closer to everyday colloquialism, and is used by clowns, young girls, and children. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,隈取をするのは,浄と丑に限られ,観衆はその色合いから劇中人物の正邪善悪をおおよそ見分けることができる。せりふには,韻白と京白の2種類があり,韻白は安徽・湖北地方のなまりをおびた発声をし,リズムにのり韻をふんだもので,これが京劇のせりふの主体となる。京白は日常口語に近い北京語で,道化や小娘,子供の役がこれを用いる。…

※「京白」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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