http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/-t1.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:37:02 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/prosilver_pink/site_logo.gif http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/-t1.htm http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/bando-tamasaburo-t45.htm Admin "Bandō Tamasaburō V (五代目 坂東 玉三郎, Godaime Bandō Tamasaburō?) (b. 1950) is a Kabuki actor, and the most popular and celebrated onnagata (an actor specializing in female roles) currently on stage. He has also acted in a handful of films" (Wikipedia). CLICK HERE FOR The Written Face Interview Traditional Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:37:02 GMT http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/bando-tamasaburo-t45.htm#72 http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/bando-tamasaburo-t45.htm http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/taichi-saotome-t44.htm Admin "Taichi Saotome (早乙女太一, Saotome Taichi?, born Taichi Nishimura 西村太一 Nishimura Taichi) b. 24 September 1991 is a Japanese film and stage actor best known for playing beautiful young men and women. His father is the head of the gekidan sujaku theatre troupe, and Saotome grew up within the troupe, performing primarily in taishū engeki, a theatrical form related to kabuki, but less formalized. Identified as having a natural talent as an onnagata (female impersonator), ... Traditional Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:04:01 GMT http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/taichi-saotome-t44.htm#71 http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/taichi-saotome-t44.htm http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/enka-kouta-t43.htm Admin What is Enka? "a genre of Japanese popular songs (kayōkyoku) developed in the postwar Shōwa period (1926-1989) , which has been likened to American country music and Portuguese Fado in terms of themes and audience. The term now usually refers to the latter type of traditional and melodramatic popular songs. Modern enka (演歌 — from 演 en performance, entertainment, and 歌 ka song) came into being in the postwar years of the Shōwa period. It was the first style to synthesize ... Traditional Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:17:43 GMT http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/enka-kouta-t43.htm#70 http://visualescape.forumotion.net/traditional-f14/enka-kouta-t43.htm