| There he became acquainted with Kabuki and Hokusai's 19th-century wood block prints. |
| Kabuki also planned for how the co-op was going to protect low-income members once the government subsidy had ended. |
| As early as 1678, Kabuki plays were dramatizing current city scandals, lovers' suicides, murders, and tragic deaths. |
| As a teenager he became a dresser for a celebrated Kabuki performer in Tokyo, who arranged for him to study singing and dancing. |
| Kabuki plays are less rarefied and are often fiercely energetic and wildly emotional, as befitting their presentation before a broader audience. |
| The stories in Kabuki plays were usually not as important as the actors who played the leading parts. |
