歌か舞ぶ伎き十じゅう八はち番ばん

noun

repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

Refers specifically to the collection of 18 great kabuki plays associated with the Ichikawa Danjūrō lineage. Often used metaphorically to mean one's specialty or forte.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎き十じゅう八はち番ばんは市いち川かわ團だん十じゅう郎ろう家けのお家いえ芸げいです。

  The Kabuki Jūhachiban are the specialty plays of the Ichikawa Danjūrō family.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎き十じゅう八はち番ばんの一ひとつに「勧かん進じん帳ちょう」がある。

  Kanjincho is one of the Kabuki Juhachiban repertoire.