KnowraKabukiLinked fromLinked fromThe 35 pages that link to Kabuki, each with the reason it gives.All 35Broader topic 1Related 22Narrower topic 5Compared with 7Chinese operaCompared with: Its theatrical conventions offer a useful comparison with Chinese opera’s role and gesture systems.NohCompared with: Kabuki developed later with a more vivid theatrical style than Noh’s sparse, restrained presentation.Blocking (stage)Compared with: Its codified movement contrasts with blocking that aims to resemble everyday behavior.BunrakuCompared with: Kabuki shares plays and theatrical history with Bunraku but uses actors instead of puppets.ButohCompared with: Butoh's spare, unsettling physicality departs from kabuki's codified theatrical display.KaguraCompared with: Kabuki is secular popular theater, unlike kagura’s roots in offerings to kami.Ukiyo-zōshiCompared with: Kabuki dramatized urban entertainment onstage, while ukiyo-zōshi narrated it in prose.