A shekara ta 1629, saboda ƙarar jama'a don gyaran ɗabi'a, waɗanda ke ƙarƙashin Tokugawa Iemitsu sun hana mata yin wasan kabuki. Sun maye gurbin su da sauri da samari a matsayin 'yan wasa /' yan wasan kwaikwayo, kodayake ba da daɗewa ba an hana wannan saboda wasu batutuwa iri ɗaya na karuwanci da lalata ɗabi'a, suna ƙuntata wasan kwaikwayon ga tsofaffi maza, wanda al'ada ce a cikin gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na yau da kullun. Akwai dabaru da yawa game da shekarar mutuwar Okuni: wasu sun ce a shekara ta 1613, wasu a 1640 ko 1658.A watan Nuwamba na 2002 an kafa mutum-mutumi a cikin girmamawarta kuma don tunawa da shekaru 400 na kabuki.
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