Tamasaburo Bando V is one of Japan’s most celebrated performers of Kabuki, the traditional dance/drama form whose roots date back some 500 years. Now, the 61-year-old artist also is a Kyoto Prize ...

This week, Hilton Als writes about the Kabuki tradition of the onnagata—that is, a man who performs female roles: “My first exposure to the exquisite and venerable Kabuki tradition—aside form the ...

'Iwrote this play with Tamasaburo Bando in mind for the role of Chujohime," says Haruo Moriyama. "I have been his fan ever since I saw him enacting Shiranuihime in Yukio Mishima's 'Chinsetsu ...

"The Japanese Mei Lanfang" is what they call Bando Tamasaburo V in the Chinese media, perhaps the highest compliment the actor could wish for. The most accomplished nandan of the 20th century — the ...

Japanese Kabuki artist Tamasaburo Bando (L) performs in Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion" with Chinese performer Yu Jiulin at the Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. [Photo: ...

The Peony Pavilion Bando Tamasaburo and Suzhou Kunqu Opera Theatre of Jiangsu Province Kwai Tsing Theatre Reviewed: Nov 19 Japan's kabuki and China's kunqu are two of the world's oldest and most ...

Sono William Kentridge per la pittura, Mona Hatoum per la scultura, Tod Williams e Billie Tsien per l'architettura, la violinista Anne-Sophie Mutter per la musica, l'attore Bando Tamasaburo per lo ...

Tamasaburo Bando, Japan's leading specialist of "onnagata" -- the theatrical portrayal of a female kabuki character by a male actor -- was on Tuesday honoured by the French government. Bando, named a ...

William Kentridge per la pittura, Mona Hatoum per la scultura, Tod Williams e Billie Tsien per l’architettura, Anne-Sophie Mutter per la musica e Bando Tamasaburo per il teatro/cinema. Questi i ...