Part one of term paper
is a traditional form of Japanese theater. Created around the year 1600, around the same time the English began to form colonies on the American continent, the history of is as long as that of the United States and just as multi-faceted. Okuni, a shrine maiden from Izumo Shrine, created . Her performances in the dry riverbeds of the ancient ...

Part two of term paper
... history. Mainly the merchants cultivated the art of in those days. They had become increasingly powerful economically, but had to remain socially inferior as they belonged to the commoner class. To them was a way to express their emotions within a constricting class structure. Thus, the fundamental themes of plays are conflicts between humanity and the feudalistic system. It is largely due to this humanistic quality of the art that it gained such an enduring popularity among the general public ...