阿お国くに歌か舞ぶ伎き

noun

Okuni kabuki; early form of kabuki

Historical term for the early kabuki style created by Izumo no Okuni, a shrine maiden from Izumo Taisha, and popularized in Kyoto during the early Edo period. Considered the progenitor of modern kabuki.

• 阿お国くに歌か舞ぶ伎きは、出い雲ずもの阿お国くにによって始はじめられたと伝つたえられている。

  Okuni kabuki is said to have been started by Izumo no Okuni.

• 京きょう都とで阿お国くに歌か舞ぶ伎きが人にん気きを博はくしたのは、江え戸ど時じ代だい初しょ期きのことだ。

  It was in the early Edo period that Okuni kabuki gained popularity in Kyoto.