Japanese Kabuki Drama

Author : Adolphe Clarence Scott
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0486406458

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The Kabuki Theatre of Japan by Adolphe Clarence Scott Pdf

One of the most comprehensive handbooks available on Kabuki theatre. Text describes the theater's development in the context of Japanese history, with detailed analyses of actors' techniques, music and dance, plays and playwrights, the playhouse's design evolution, and six representative Kabuki plays. Includes glossary of Japanese terms. "Highly recommended." — Library Journal.

Author : Earle Ernst
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0824803191

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The Kabuki Theatre by Earle Ernst Pdf

Studies the production and psychology of this Japanese drama form and compares its techniques with those of the Western theater

Author : Japan. Taishikan (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Kabuki
ISBN : UOM:39015010436593

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Kabuki Theatre by Japan. Taishikan (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Margaret H. Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Kabuki
ISBN : IND:30000088448786

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Japanese Kabuki Drama by Margaret H. Young Pdf

Author : Syutaro Miyake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136208348

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Kabuki Drama by Syutaro Miyake Pdf

First published in 2006. Kabuki is the most popular form of Japanese traditional theatre. More fast-moving than Noh, it is a colourful and exciting spectacle based around traditional, historical and mythic narratives, many of which involve the code of the samurai. A recurrent theme is the ethical ideal of the samurai who gives up his life for his lord and his country, and the actors who take on the roles of handsome young samurai enjoy large and enthusiastic followings. Kabuki plays are set in the feudal samurai era, and the actors wear dramatic makeup and costumes and engage in wonderfully choreographed swordplay. A feature of traditional Kabuki is that all the female roles are played by men known as onnagata.

Author : A.L. Sadler
Publisher : Tuttle Classics
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : PSU:000067778164

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Japanese Plays by A.L. Sadler Pdf

Classic 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 : Faubion Bowers
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781462912186

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Japanese Theatre by Faubion Bowers Pdf

Japanese Theatre presents a full historical account for Westerners of the theater arts that have flourished for centuries in Japan. Kabuki, arising in the late seventeenth century, is the theater of the commoner. The successive syllables of Kabuki mean "song – dance – skill." The precursors of Kabuki were the puppet theater and the comic interludes in the stately, aristocratic Noh drama – all fully described by the author. In the modem era the Japanese have broken away from Kabuki, and their stage has shown a realistic trend. Left–wing theater groups arose in the 1920’s, were suppressed by the militarists, and then revived during the occupation. Appended to the historical chapters are Mr. Bowers's translations of three Kabuki plays: The Monstrous Spider, Gappo and His Daughter Tsuji, and the bombastic Sukeroku. This book, with its many excellent photographs, is a permanent addition to the West's knowledge of the exotic, exciting theater of Japan and its tradition of great acting.

Author : Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317478034

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A Kabuki Reader by Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Unique 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.

Author : Margaret H. Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Kabuki
ISBN : UCSC:32106007440370

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Kabuki by Margaret H. Young Pdf

Author : Shūtarō Miyake
Publisher : Tokyo, Japan : Travel Bureau
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Japanese drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005424358

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Kabuki Drama by Shūtarō Miyake Pdf

Author : James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780824846282

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Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2 by James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. Volume 1 consists of thirteen plays that showcase early kabuki's scintillating and boisterous styles of performance and illustrates the contrasting dramatic techniques cultivated by actors in Edo (Tokyo) and Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto). The twelve plays translated in Volume 2 cover a brief period, but one that saw important developments in kabuki architecture, acting, dance, and the manipulation of characters and themes. As the series title indicates, the plays were translated to capture the vivacity of performances on stage. The translations, each accompanied by a thorough introduction that contextualizes the play, are based not only on published texts, but performance scripts and the study of the plays as they are performed in theatres today. Each volume is lavishly illustrated with rare woodblock prints in full color of Tokugawa- and Meiji-period productions as well as color and black-and-white photographs of contemporary performances.

Author : Zoë Kincaid
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066339535695

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Kabuki : The popular stage of Japan by Zoë Kincaid Pdf

"Kabuki : The popular stage of Japan" by Zoë Kincaid. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0824814266

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Kabuki by Anonim Pdf

While its actors made their entrace down the Flower Way over three hundred years ago, little of kabuki's repertory has been available to English readers. Not only are adequate translations difficult to produce, but also because the spoken parts of the drama constitute but a portion of that grand spectacle, English renderings often have an elliptical quality.These five plays, however, were translated from tapes made by James Brandon at actual performances, imparting to them an unusual immediacy. The superb translations are further enhanced by detailed commentary and stage directions that reflect music and sound effects as well as positions of actors on stage and their stylized gestures and posturing, all of which are such a vital part of a live performance. A concise introduction includes the history of kabuki, its religious background and ties with prostitution, its themes and playwriting systems, and its performance conventions, actors, music, and dance. Appendixes provide a fascinating focus on various sound effects and music cues in performance. More than one hundred production photographs vividly convey the action and emotion of one of the world's greatest stage arts. First published in 1975, this volume remains a classic.A reprint to the 1975 edition. Accepted into the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, Japanese Series.

Author : James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780824844752

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Kabuki Plays On Stage. Volume 3 by James R. Brandon,Samuel L. Leiter Pdf

Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, is the third volume in a monumental new series-the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in nearly a quarter of a century. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. The fourteen plays translated in Volume 3, Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864, mark an extreme point in the development of kabuki dramaturgy. The plays are remarkable, even within kabuki, for their intense theatricality, gutsy individualism of character, cold-blooded and ferocious violence, realism pushed into fantasy and grotesquery, novelty for its own sake, sexual aggressiveness, and assertion of female will. The plays depict a society in extremis, the end of an era, a time often marked by unmitigated darkness and desire.

Author : Karen Brazell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0231108737

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Traditional Japanese Theater by Karen Brazell Pdf

The 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.