blue eyebrow pencil marking for a shaved character
Kabuki term: blue eyebrow pencil applied to indicate that a character has shaved his cheeks, often used for roles like young men or certain commoners.
In kabuki, blue eyebrow pencil is sometimes used to indicate the role of a young man.
Full kanji spelling using 髭.
Katakana variant for the ひげ part.
Rarely used kanji form with 髯.
Compound of 青 (ao, 'blue') and ひげ (hige, 'facial hair'), referring to the blue makeup used to represent shaved stubble in kabuki.