舞踏
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 舞 | 踏 |
Etymology [edit]
From 暗黒舞踏 (あんこくぶとう, ankoku butō, “dark dance”) = 暗黒 (あんこく, ankoku, “dark, darkness”) + 舞踏 (ぶとう, butō, “dance”), from 暗黒舞踊 (あんこくぶよう, ankoku buyō, “darkness dance”), by replacing 舞踊 (ぶよう, buyō, “(classical Japanese) dance”) with the archaic 舞踏 (ぶとう, butō, “dance”).[1]
Noun [edit]
舞踏 (hiragana ぶとう, romaji butō)
- butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance.
References [edit]
- ^ Kurihara, Nanako. The Most Remote thing in the Universe: Critical Analysis of Hijikata Tatsumi's Butoh Dance. Diss. New York U, 1996. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1996. 9706275
