Studies in Kabuki
Author: James R. Brandon
Publisher: Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, c1978, 1979 printing.
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 224
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Author: James R. Brandon
Publisher: Honolulu : University Press of Hawaii, c1978, 1979 printing.
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 224
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 183
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Satoko Shimazaki
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 0231540523
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSatoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and exploring the process that resulted in its re-creation in Tokyo as a national theatrical tradition. Challenging the prevailing understanding of early modern kabuki as a subversive entertainment and a threat to shogunal authority, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history in the inhabitants of Edo (present-day Tokyo) by invoking "worlds," or sekai, derived from earlier military tales, and overlaying them onto the present. She then analyzes the profound changes that took place in Edo kabuki toward the end of the early modern period, which witnessed the rise of a new type of character: the vengeful female ghost. Shimazaki's bold reinterpretation of the history of kabuki centers on the popular ghost play Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan (The Eastern Seaboard Highway Ghost Stories at Yotsuya, 1825) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV. Drawing not only on kabuki scripts but also on a wide range of other sources, from theatrical ephemera and popular fiction to medical and religious texts, she sheds light on the development of the ubiquitous trope of the vengeful female ghost and its illumination of new themes at a time when the samurai world was losing its relevance. She explores in detail the process by which nineteenth-century playwrights began dismantling the Edo tradition of "presenting the past" by abandoning their long-standing reliance on the sekai. She then reveals how, in the 1920s, a new generation of kabuki playwrights, critics, and scholars reinvented the form again, "textualizing" kabuki so that it could be pressed into service as a guarantor of national identity.
Author: Maki Isaka
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0295806249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKabuki is well known for its exaggerated acting, flamboyant costumes and makeup, and unnatural storylines. The onnagata, usually male actors who perform the roles of women, have been an important aspect of kabuki since its beginnings in the 17th century. In a “labyrinth” of gendering, the practice of men playing women’s roles has affected the manifestations of femininity in Japanese society. In this case study of how gender has been defined and redefined through the centuries, Maki Isaka examines how the onnagata’s theatrical gender “impersonation” has shaped the concept and mechanisms of femininity and gender construction in Japan. The implications of the study go well beyond disciplinary and geographic cloisters.
Author: Earle Ernst
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1974-01-01
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780824803193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies the production and psychology of this Japanese drama form and compares its techniques with those of the Western theater
Author: A.L. Sadler
Publisher: Tuttle Classics
Published: 2010-03-10
Total Pages: 324
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKClassic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and emptiness can fill the mind with words, music, dance, and mysticism. A.L. Sadler translates the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki in his groundbreaking book, Japanese Plays. A seminal classic in its time, it provides a cross-section of Japanese theater that gives the reader a sampler of its beauty and power. The power of Noh is in its ability to create an iconic world that represents the attributes that the Japanese hold in highest esteem: family, patriotism, and honor. Kyogen plays provide comic relief often times performed between the serious and stoic Noh plays. Similarly, Sadler's translated Kyogen pieces are layered between the Noh and the Kabuki plays. The Kabuki plays were the theater of the common people of Japan. The course of time has given them the patina of folk art making them precious cultural relics of Japan. Sadler selected these pieces for translation because of their lighter subject matter and relatively upbeat endings—ideal for a western readership. More linear in their telling and pedestrian in the lessons learned these plays show the difficulties of being in love when a society is bent on conformity and paternal rule. The end result found in Japanese Plays is a wonderful selection of classic Japanese dramatic literature sure to enlighten and delight.
Author: K. Mezur
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2005-11-04
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1403979138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a feminist reading of gender performance and construction of the female role players, onnogata, of the Kabuki theatre. It is not limited to a 'theatre arts' focus, rather it is a mapping and close analysis of transformative genders through several historical periods in Japan (the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries).
Author: Karen Brazell
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9780231108737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume.
Author: Izumo Takeda
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 231
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-02-12
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 1317478045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnique in any Western language, this is an invaluable resource for the study of one of the world's great theatrical forms. It includes essays by established experts on Kabuki as well as younger scholars now entering the field, and provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Kabuki; how it is written, produced, staged, and performed; and its place in world theater. Compiled by the editor of the influential Asian Theater Journal, the book covers four essential areas - history, performance, theaters, and plays - and includes a translation of one Kabuki play as an illustration of Kabuki techniques.