男おとこ舞まい

noun

male-style dance by a female performer

Historical dance from the late Heian to early Kamakura period where a female dancer dressed and performed as a man. A specialized performing-arts term.

• 白しら拍びょう子しの男おとこ舞まいは、女じょ性せいが男だん装そうして舞まうものでした。

  The shirabyōshi otokomai was a dance in which a woman dressed as a man and performed.

noun

unmasked male Noh dance

In Noh theater, a dance performed by a male actor without a mask, often in a vigorous style. Contrasts with masked or female-role dances.

• 能のうの男おとこ舞まいは面めんをつけずに力ちから強づよく舞まわれます。

  In Noh, otokomai is danced powerfully without a mask.