The Saddest Dance in Kabuki・ Yasuna (1818)

In this video, we focus on the kabuki dance masterpiece Yasuna, firs performed in 1818 at the Miyako-za by Onoe Kikugorō III. Special thanks to Mark Oshima for his great translation of the lyrics in "Kabuki Plays On Stage, Volume 3", which I have mostly used for the video, and the thoughtful commentaries on the dance by Hideo Furuido and Paul Griffith. Thanks as well to the Patreon members who make these videos possible, including C. H. White, Eric Pan, SuperGingernutz, calvin, Valerie, Tina Draughon, Faith, Kieran Byfield, Jonatan Alvarado, Adrian Smetsers, jokermxyzptlk, Bryan LaVergne, Sean Brown, Bobby Nakamoto, kuyumikusachi, Eddie Lew, Carol Whiteside, Shelly, Avarice donator, Ryan McNabb, John Inman, FlyingRat, Jerome Collet, Suleiman, Ashlin Allen, Isaac, J. Thev, Tayler, Caitlin Duffy, Kristin Newton, ML, Robert Montgomery, Mariis, Cheryl Lamoreux, Tommy Tab, Claudia Sanchez, Mommy McCanlies, Kim Ramirez, Sebastian Tejolis, Ikela, Mark Ovnikov, Klaus Walters, Abra k, Lee, Kala and LL! You can also support Kabuki In-Depth on Patreon:   / kabukiindepth   And if you want to learn more about anything kabuki-related, always check out first the website https://www.kabuki21.com !