Quick change - Hayagawari

Japanese: 早替り - はやがわり

A directing and acting technique in which an actor plays two or more roles in the same play by changing costumes in a short space of time. In Kabuki, during the Genroku period (1688-1704), Mizuki Tatsunosuke performed a "Seven Bake" in which he quickly changed into seven roles. During the Bunka and Bunsei periods (1804-1830), this technique became popular in ghost stories and dance, where it took the audience by surprise. In dance, there is a type of performance called hengemono, in which one actor takes on many roles.

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Japanese:

演出，演技術の一つで，1人の演技者が，同一演目のなかで2つ以上の役を，短時間のうちに扮装を替えて演じること。歌舞伎では元禄年間 (1688～1704) に水木辰之助が「七化け」といって，1人で7役に早替りした。文化文政年間 (1804～30) になると，怪談劇や舞踊のなかで利用され，観客の意表をつくことが流行した。舞踊では変化物 (へんげもの) といって，1人で多くの役に替って踊るものがある。

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