The story
Borrowed from Japanese 後見(こうけん) (kōken, “a staff in noh and kabuki”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
koken
Today it means: A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors Full definition →
Today it means: A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors Full definition →
Borrowed from Japanese 後見(こうけん) (kōken, “a staff in noh and kabuki”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.