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Kabuki vs Kakegoe - What's the difference?

kabuki | kakegoe |

As nouns the difference between kabuki and kakegoe

is that kabuki is a form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies while kakegoe is melodramatic calls from an audience in kabuki theatre or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music.

kabuki

English

(wikipedia kabuki)

Alternative forms

* Kabuki

Noun

(-) (often capitalized)
  • A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.

    • kakegoe

    English

    (wikipedia kakegoe)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Melodramatic calls from an audience in kabuki theatre or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 1, author=Zachary Pincus-Roth, title=Enter Acting, Pursued by Applause, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In Japan traditional kabuki theater is known for kakegoe : shouting at actors upon their entrance, and throughout the performance. }}