女形

Etymology 1
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1) male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata

Etymology 2
Appears from the early, around the mid to late 1600s, originally in reference to doll figurines of courtesans made by Oyama Jirōsaburō.

Noun

 * 1) male actor who plays female roles in kabuki theater: onnagata
 * 2) in puppetry, a female puppet
 * 3)  a high-end prostitute