Nakamara Utaemon III as a nine-tailed fox (三代目中村歌右ヱ門 九尾ノ狐)

Nakamara Utaemon III(三代目 中村 歌右衛門) plays a Nine-tailed Fox(九尾ノ狐) in the play Yosete Arata ni Kokono Bake(日本新玉九尾化). This scene is an extract from the series Dance of Nine Changes Kokonobake no Uchi(九変化ノ内). In Japan, fox is known as the messenger of Inari, the goddess of fertility, and is also depicted as a sceptical, seductive, demonic and holy being. a Nine-tailed fox is an odditie common throughout East Asia, but most of them are vixens, and in this play, the 'femme fatale' stereotype is used to portray them. In this play, there is a double performativity, with male actors playing animals burdened with the stereotypical female image of 'femme fatale'.