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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Bibliography: p. [249]
Includes index
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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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