{"id":9618,"date":"2016-01-11T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.insidejapantours.com\/?p=9618"},"modified":"2016-01-11T09:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T09:11:18","slug":"kabuki-and-the-art-of-david-bowie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/11\/kabuki-and-the-art-of-david-bowie\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabuki and the Art of\u2026David Bowie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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David (1947-2016)<br \/>\nLast year (September 2015), our Emily took a look at how Japanese designers and aesthetics influenced David Bowie&#8217;s on-stage persona &#8211; A great read written by a huge fan of the music legend.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many people are familiar with worldwide Glam\/Pop Icon David Bowie, (and if you\u2019re not, get to familiarizing yourself, post haste!), but here\u2019s something many people might not be as familiar with. Did you know that Japanese Kabuki imagery inspired much of David Bowie\u2019s fashion?<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->But first of all, what is Kabuki?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10161\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-300x173.png\" alt=\"The famous kabuki lion-dance \u201ckagamijishi\u201d (Thanks \u677e\u7af9\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e!)\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1-390x226.png 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1.png 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The famous kabuki lion-dance \u201ckagamijishi\u201d (Thanks \u677e\u7af9\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kabuki is a famous and long-standing iteration of Japanese traditional, musical theatre. Kabuki is most widely recognized for its elaborate costumes, make-up and unique musical quality. In fact, there is a word in Japanese called \u201ckabuki-mono\u201d which means; &#8216;a person who attracts attention due to their strange clothes\/hairstyle and overall odd behavior&#8217;. No wonder David Bowie found this to be an all-around appealing fashion statement!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10162\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kemp in 1969, photographed by Allan Warren (thanks Wikipedia!)\" width=\"390\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-390x463.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2-510x605.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/2.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kemp in 1969, photographed by Allan Warren (thanks Wikipedia!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Much of David Bowie\u2019s early stage training was thanks to mime instructor\/performance artist Lindsay Kemp, who initially introduced Bowie to the movements and theatre conventions used in both Noh and Kabuki.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10163\" style=\"width: 431px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Asymmetric knitted bodysuit, 1973. Designed by Kansai Yamamoto for the Aladdin Sane Tour (Thanks Mick Rock!)\" width=\"431\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31-510x383.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/31.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asymmetric knitted bodysuit, 1973. Designed by Kansai Yamamoto for the Aladdin Sane Tour (Thanks Mick Rock!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the iconic images of David Bowie is of course the Ziggy Stardust persona. However, this alter-ego was created with some of the designs and hairstyles seen in Kansai Yamamoto fashions. For those unfamiliar with the designer, Kansai Yamamoto clothes are largely known for their off-beat, eye-catching and unique style, much of which are very strongly inspired from Kabuki imagery. Bowie\u2019s celebrated hairstyle, as created by Yamamoto, was electric red in color, imitating the look of a flaming-red lion dance wig of Kabuki theater.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10164\" style=\"width: 324px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4-203x300.png\" alt=\"Page from Harpers &amp; Queen, London 1971 design by Kansai Yamamoto. Hairstyle and makeup by Sachiko Shibayama.\" width=\"324\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/4.png 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Page from Harpers &amp; Queen, London 1971 design by Kansai Yamamoto. Hairstyle and makeup by Sachiko Shibayama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 1971, Kansai Yamamoto was featuring some of his new women\u2019s fashions in a spread in the British magazine, Harpers and Queen and when Bowie saw these, he was instantly inspired. In fact, Bowie has said that Yamamoto was \u201c100 per cent responsible for the Ziggy haircut and colour. He had just unleashed all the Kabuki- and Noh-inspired clothes on London, and one of his models had the Kabuki lion\u2019s mane on her head, this bright red thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10165\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"1973 David Bowie. Design by Kansai Yamamoto. Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita\" width=\"400\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-720x781.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-390x423.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-780x846.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-510x553.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1973 David Bowie. Design by Kansai Yamamoto. Photograph by Masayoshi Sukita<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kansai Yamamoto\u2019s influence over David Bowie\u2019s fashion didn\u2019t just stop at hairstyling. In fact, Yamamoto\u2019s own personal stylist, Ms. Yasuko Hayashi was working with David Bowie as well and had provided Bowie with some of Kansai\u2019s latest clothes and fashion designs, which he wore onstage at his 1973 performance at Radio City Music Hall in New York.<\/p>\n<p>When Kansai caught wind that a male rock and roll artist was wearing his designs, he was just as instantly intrigued and came all the way out to New York City to meet Bowie- and thus a fantastic partnership and some iconic fashions and costumes came as a result of this meeting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10166\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"David Bowie &amp; Designer Kansai Yamamoto\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6-390x586.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/6.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Bowie &amp; Designer Kansai Yamamoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kansai said, \u201cMy designs have been influencedby kabuki theatre, as was his show. There&#8217;s a movement used in kabuki called \u201chikinuki\u201d, where one costume is dramatically stripped off, revealing a different outfit underneath. At first Bowie was wearing all black, then- suddenly he was in full colour. The audience was so impressed they all rose to their feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10167\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/7-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cHinuki\u201d onstage in full glory. 1973 Radio City Music Hall, New York\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/7-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/7-390x520.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/7.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHinuki\u201d onstage in full glory. 1973 Radio City Music Hall, New York<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On talking about Kansai\u2019s designs, Bowie said \u201cThey were everything that I wanted them to be and more\u2026heavily inspired by kabuki and samurai, they were outrageous, provocative and unbelievably hot to wear under the stage lights.\u201d One of Kansai Yamamoto\u2019s famous costumes for David Bowie is the iconic while cloak with red and black kaniji characters on it. The cloak was created entirely for the purpose of \u201chikinuki\u201d, kabuki-style quick on-stage changes of costume. In fact the kanji themselves actually spell out \u201cDavid Bowie\u201d phonetically and loosely translates as, \u201cOne who spits out words in a fiery manner\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10168\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"Kansai Yamamoto and the \u201cOne who spits out words in a fiery manner\u201d.\" width=\"420\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8-390x324.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/8.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kansai Yamamoto and the \u201cOne who spits out words in a fiery manner\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In fact, David Bowie was even receiving authentic instruction in kabuki-style makeup techniques from one of the famous \u201connagata\u201d stars of Kabuki theatre- Bando Tamasaburo. \u201cOnnagata\u201d is a term in Japanese used to describe the male actors who specialize in playing women\u2019s roles in Kabuki- as even to this day, Kabuki performance is still primarily a boy\u2019s club and women typically do not perform. But, fear not! There are now a number of female musical theatre groups- the most widely known one being \u201cTakarazuka Revue\u201d. Check out our experiences page for more details on how to see a Takarazuka performance in Japan! [http:\/\/bit.ly\/TKRZKRV]<\/p>\n<p>So, if you feel a strong connection to Japan and like many aspects of the culture appeals to you- fear not- you\u2019re not alone! Many artists, performers, writers and people all across the globe have found something about Japan and Japanese culture that appeals to them. So, don\u2019t be afraid to dive-in, explore and find something about Japan that truly speaks to you!<\/p>\n<p>Love from InsideJapan\u2019s resident David Bowie fanatic,<br \/>\n<em>Emily<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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