Each actor in kabuki depends on one ultimate, important ingredient to totally inhabit their position: the wig.
Forward of a present on the famed Kabukiza theater in central Tokyo, wig grasp Tadashi Kamoji fastidiously locations a topknot creation on a younger performer in a flamboyant kimono costume.
“A kabuki actor cannot simply stroll onto the stage as he’s … it is solely when he places on a wig that he actually turns into a kabuki performer,” says Kamoji, 60. “So we should take delight in our job with a way of very heavy accountability.”
