Kabuki Stage Sets
Providing the backdrops for Kabuki actors
to give their best once the curtain rises
Kabuki Stage Settings (Stage Scenery)
Preservation Society
Designated in 2002
Kanai Scene Shop Co., Ltd. Kinshi Building, 2-8-1 Shintomi,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo. 104-0041
Kabuki theatre employs a whole range of stage settings, including kakiwari (depictions of scenery) and harimono (props representing rocks, trees etc.). The backdrops tend to be flat, and of a decorative rather than realistic nature. The stage settings, with their distinctive shapes and colors, set the mood and scene, allowing audiences to follow the plot and direction of the play.
