舞踏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞	踏

Wikipedia

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”).

Noun

舞踏 (hiragana ぶとう, romaji butō)

1. butoh, a form of Japanese contemporary dance.

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