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depraved priests and faithless women. Masks are not worn, and costumes tend to feature
bold, colourful patterns.
The recent years have witnessed a boom in
kyōgen's
popularity, largely thanks to the
influence of the mass media and the appearance of a new generation of photogenic young
actors. In Kyoto the Shigeyama family is the foremost practitioner of the art. To see
kyō-
gen
in its original folk-art form, try to catch a performance of Mibu
kyōgen
. These mimed
in Kyoto's early medieval period.
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