舞踏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
舞 踏
ぶ
Grade: S		 とう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From 暗黒舞踏 (あんこくぶとう, ankoku butō, “dark dance”) = 暗黒 (あんこく, ankoku, “dark, darkness”) + 舞踏 (ぶとう, butō, “dance”), from 暗黒舞踊 (あんこくぶよう, ankoku buyō, “darkness dance”), by replacing 舞踊 (ぶよう, buyō, “(classical Japanese) dance”) with the archaic 舞踏 (ぶとう, butō, “dance”).[1]

Noun

舞踏 (hiragana ぶとう, rōmaji butō)

  1. butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance.
    竜 (りゅう)との舞 (ぶ)踏 (とう)
    Ryū tono Butō
    A Dance with Dragons

References
  1. Kurihara, Nanako. The Most Remote thing in the Universe: Critical Analysis of Hijikata Tatsumi's Butoh Dance. Diss. New York U, 1996. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1996. 9706275
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