Nōmai dance drama : a surviving spirit of medieval Japan
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Nōmai dance drama : a surviving spirit of medieval Japan
（Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 47）
Greenwood Press, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-238) and index
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Description
N=omai dance drama, an artistic expression combining sacred, communal, economic, and cultural spheres of community life in the district of Higashidorimura, is a performing tradition that provides an identity to agriculturally based villages. It has retained features characteristic of the music, drama, and sacred practices of medieval Japan. N=omai singing exhibits traits linked to Buddhist chanting. The instrumental music originates from folk Shinto. This study highlights the social and cultural value n=omaii has for the residents in villages that perform it by providing the historical context in which it is examined, as well as its current performance practices.
As this work explores the aspects of agricultural Japanese society, revealed through a dance drama, it will appeal to music and drama scholars as well as students of Japanese culture and history. After establishing the historical lens from which to view n^D=omai drama, the theatrical and musical aspects are discussed in detail. Photographs and musical examples enhance this thorough, well-organized study.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Historical Background Artistic Growth Fueled by the Emerging Warrior Culture and Popular Buddhism: Cultural Antecedents Shamanic Beginnings: Dramatic Antecedents Shugend=o Religion and Folk Dance Drama: Religious Antecedents N=omai Theater Keepers of a Tradition: Performers and Cultural Setting A View from Within: Performance Practices Sacred Chronicles, Tales of Valor, and Humorous Yarns: Repertoire N=omai Music Drums, Cymbals, and Flute Poetry and Narrative in Song Epilogue: Musical N=omai in the 20th Century--Balancing Tradition and Change Appendix: Transcriptions Glossary of Japanese Terms Bibliography Index
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