Acrobatic Troupe - Kyokugeidan

...Furthermore, they actively incorporated foreign arts, expanding the repertoire with names such as "American Barnum-style Grand Acrobatics," "British Grand Equestrianism," and "Russian Barosky's Aerial Flight." Bicycle acrobatics and circus arts (a dialectal pronunciation of "cycle hall") were also added, and by the end of the Meiji period, the basic repertoire of Japanese circus arts that continues to this day was complete. From the end of the Taisho period to the Showa period, at their peak, there were more than 30 equestrian and acrobatic troupes (those without equestrian acts). Large circuses such as Arita (1906), Kinoshita (1908), and Shibata (1922) were also founded. ...

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

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…さらに外国の芸を積極的に取り入れ，〈米国バーナム式大軽業〉〈英国式大曲馬〉〈ロシア･バロスキー氏空中飛行〉などの呼称で演目を広げ，自転車曲乗り，サイカホール(サイクルホールcycle hallのなまり)の曲芸も加わり，明治末には今日につながる日本のサーカス芸の演目基本が出そろった。大正末期から昭和にかけて，曲馬団，曲芸団(曲馬の芸のないもの)は全盛期で三十数団体にものぼった。そして，有田(1906)，木下(1908)，シバタ(1922)などの大サーカスも創立された。…

※「曲芸団」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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