The traditional theatre of Japan : Kyogen, Noh, Kabuki, and puppetry
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The traditional theatre of Japan : Kyogen, Noh, Kabuki, and puppetry
Edwin Mellen Press, c2006
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [249]
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Offers a survey of the main forms of traditional Japanese drama - Kyogen, Noh, Kabuki, and Puppetry.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface by Marianne McDonald
- Introduction: A Theatre of Conscious Art
- 1. The Samurai Tradition - Bushido
- 2. The Influence of Buddha and Confucius
- 3. Kyogen - The Early Farces
- 4. The Nature and History of the Noh Play
- 5. Aesthetic Principles Underpinning the Noh
- 6. The Noh in Action - The Description of a Goban
- 7. The Early Puppet Theatres in Japan
- 8. The Kabuki Stage
- 9. The Acting and Scripting of Kabuki
- 10. Kabuki in Action - A Description of Sukeroku
- 11. The Success and Decline of the Puppets
- 12. Bunraku in Action - The Secret of Sugawara's Calligraphy
- Epilogue: The Relevance of a Symbolic Theatre
- Bibliography
- Index.
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