Category:Kōjō (Kabuki announcement)
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A kōjō 口上 is a formal address to the audience at a kabuki theater. Actors dressed formally in kamishimo 上下 face the the audience; kneel; bow; and make a formal address to the audience. These would mostly take place in the 11th month when the actors would start work under their annual contracts and is called a kaomise 顔見世 (face showing). Actors might thank the audience for their patronage and request future patronage; announce changes to the cast; and announce actor change of names.
Media in category "Kōjō (Kabuki announcement)"
The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.
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Kojo by Ichimura Uzaemon 1935.jpg 3,360 × 5,044; 21.12 MB
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Komojidayu6.jpg 1,070 × 527; 391 KB
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MET DP130247.jpg 2,750 × 3,888; 2.78 MB
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NDL-DC 1301354-Utagawa Kunisada-御当地御名残狂言口上-文久1-cmb.jpg 6,548 × 4,737; 3.18 MB
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NDL-DC 1301932-Utagawa Kunisada-(芝翫襲名口上)-万延1-crd.jpg 3,270 × 4,811; 2.89 MB
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NDL-DC 1302146 Utagawa Yoshiiku crd.jpg 3,172 × 4,696; 2.69 MB
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NDL-DC 1307980-Toyohara Kunichika-(市川新之助河原崎紫扇口上の図)-文久3-crd.jpg 3,114 × 4,584; 2.29 MB
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NDL-DC 1308028-Toyohara Kunichika-菅下りあかん平改市川新之助河原崎紫扇口上-文久3-crd.jpg 1,706 × 2,494; 930 KB
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NDL-DC 1310191-Utagawa Kunisada-御当地御名残狂言口上-文久1-cmb.jpg 6,500 × 4,729; 3.16 MB
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Sharaku (1794) Shinozuka Uraeimon in the role of the announcer at Miyako-za (archival).png 6,037 × 8,535; 68.17 MB
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Sharaku (1794) Shinozuka Uraeimon in the role of the announcer at Miyako-za (compressed).jpg 6,037 × 8,535; 10.29 MB
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Shinozuka uraemon no (miyako za) kōjō zu LCCN2008660664.jpg 724 × 1,024; 172 KB
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Utaemon Nakamura VI in Kōjō, April 1951.jpg 300 × 400; 34 KB
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Ōsaka kudari iwai hanshirō LCCN2008660830.jpg 730 × 1,024; 172 KB