kabuki 的词源

1896年，该词来源于日语，指的是一种大众戏剧（与影子木偶戏或抒情的Noh戏剧相对）。

Kabuki comes from the verb 'kabuku', meaning 'to deviate from the normal manners and customs, to do something absurd.' Today kabuki is performed only by men, but the first kabuki performance was given in about 1603 by a girl, a shrine maiden of Kyoto named O-kuni, who 'deviated from the normal customs' by dressing as a man and entertaining the public with satirical dances in the grounds of the Kitano shrine. [Toshie M. Evans, "A Dictionary of Japanese Loanwords," 1997]

Kabuki这个词源于动词“kabuku”，意思是“偏离常规的礼仪和习俗，做一些荒诞的事情”。如今，Kabuki表演只有男性演员，但最初的Kabuki表演是在大约1603年由一位女孩——来自京都的神社女祭司大国（O-kuni）所创，她通过男装打扮，在北野神社的场地上用讽刺性的舞蹈娱乐公众，因而“偏离了常规的习俗”。[Toshie M. Evans, "A Dictionary of Japanese Loanwords," 1997]

另一种词源解释（见于Barnhart和牛津英语词典）认为，它字面意思是“歌舞的艺术”，来自ka（“歌”）+ bu（“舞”）+ ki（“艺术，技巧”）。