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Izumo no Okuni

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Japanese actor and dancer

JapanBorn 1572
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Languages25
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Izumo no Okuni was a Japanese entertainer and miko who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. She is thought to have begun performing her new art style of kabuki theatre in the dry riverbed of the Kamo River in Kyoto.

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Izumo no Okuni was a Japanese entertainer and miko who is believed to have invented the theatrical art form of kabuki. She is thought to have begun performing her new art style of kabuki theatre in the dry riverbed of the Kamo River in Kyoto. Okuni's troupe quickly gained immense popularity, and were known for their performers, who were often lower-class women Okuni had recruited to act in her all-female theatre group.

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Born 1572
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