buto

or bu·toh

[ boo-toh ]

noun

1. a contemporary expressionist dance form that originated in postwar Japan, first called Ankoku Butoh, or Dance of Utter Darkness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buto¹

First recorded in 1955–60; Japanese, literally “dance,” from (ankoku) butō “dance (of darkness)”

Example Sentences

Only in one case is the animal which is the buto, also the animal which gives its name to the kema.

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The dualism of Buto and Hierakonpolis really lasted throughout Egyptian history.

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Now we are on a rail-road, I nev-er seened this rail-road be-fore butO what a pret-ty ba-by.

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Having heard of the relics of some winged serpents near the city of Buto, he went to see them.

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My lunch that day consisted of a large piece of raw salmon, which was easily digested in riding nine more miles to Saru-buto.

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