The Japanese Theatre

Author : Jonah Salz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1108458165

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A History of Japanese Theatre by Jonah Salz Pdf

Japan boasts one of the world's oldest, most vibrant and most influential performance traditions. This accessible and complete history provides a comprehensive overview of Japanese theatre and its continuing global influence. Written by eminent international scholars, it spans the full range of dance-theatre genres over the past fifteen hundred years, including noh theatre, bunraku puppet theatre, kabuki theatre, shingeki modern theatre, rakugo storytelling, vanguard butoh dance and media experimentation. The first part addresses traditional genres, their historical trajectories and performance conventions. Part II covers the spectrum of new genres since Meiji (1868-), and Parts III to VI provide discussions of playwriting, architecture, Shakespeare, and interculturalism, situating Japanese elements within their global theatrical context. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and prints, this history features interviews with key modern directors, an overview of historical scholarship in English and Japanese, and a timeline. A further reading list covers a range of multimedia resources to encourage further explorations.

Author : Karen Brazell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 47,7 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.

Author : Benito Ortolani
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0691043337

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The Japanese Theatre by Benito Ortolani Pdf

From ancient ritualistic practices to modern dance theatre, this study provides concise summaries of all major theatrical art forms in Japan. It situates each genre in its particular social and cultural contexts, describing in detail staging, costumes, repertory and noteworthy actors.

Author : Faubion Bowers
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Thomas Immoos,Fred Mayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:39015048827417

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Japanese Theatre by Thomas Immoos,Fred Mayer Pdf

Author : John Dietrich Mitchell,Miyoko Watanabe
Publisher : Iasta
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1882763068

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Ikkaku Sennin by John Dietrich Mitchell,Miyoko Watanabe Pdf

The appeal of Asian Theater in America today confirms that the theatre of the Far East is a remarkable and catalytic experience for a Western audience. Staging Japanese Theatre presents two complete plays in the theatrical forms of Noh and Kabuki. Each play appears in Japanese with English translations on facing pages and is pre-ceded by a brief history of the theatre form and the evolution of the production. The text contains an abundance of photographs, diagrams, and the stage directions from the IASTA performance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997-03-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0824817222

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The Voyage of Contemporary Japanese Theatre by Anonim Pdf

Senda Akihiko is one of Japan's finest and best-known modern drama critics. This collection of his essays, articles, and reviews from 1971 to 1987 presents international audiences with the first opportunity to experience the excitement and accomplishments of the theatrical revolution that has continued to sweep over the Japanese stage since the 1960s. Consistently judicious and honest, the essays reveal the excitement (or disappointment) of each phase in the unfolding "voyage" of contemporary Japanese theatre.

Author : Benito Ortolani
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780691043333

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The Japanese Theatre by Benito Ortolani Pdf

From ancient ritualistic practices to modern dance theatre, this study provides concise summaries of all major theatrical art forms in Japan. It situates each genre in its particular social and cultural contexts, describing in detail staging, costumes, repertory and noteworthy actors.

Author : Adolphe Clarence Scott
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 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 : David Jortner,Keiko I. McDonald,Kevin J. Wetmore
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0739123009

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Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance by David Jortner,Keiko I. McDonald,Kevin J. Wetmore Pdf

Modern Japanese Theatre and Performance is a collection of sixteen essays on Japanese theatre, including historical overviews of twentieth century theatre, analyses of specific productions and individuals, and consideration of the intercultural nature of modern Japanese theatre. Also included is a new translation of a 'Superkyogen' play.

Author : Ortolani
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004484146

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The Japanese Theatre by Ortolani Pdf

An up-to-date cultural history of the Japanese theatre in all its forms including primitive rituals, court and popular dance-drama, puppet shows and westernized plays, is narrated here for the first time in English by a western authority in the field. The book underlines Zeami and Zenchiku's secret tradition of the nō, explaining Zen-inspired spiritual teachings for the actor's training on the way to enlightened performance. It also gives relevance to the transformation of an anti-establishment entertainment by prostitutes into spectacular kabuki stagecraft, and to the modernization process which created shingeki modern drama, and moved it into the context of world theatre. The final chapter summarizes the history of western discovery of the Japanese stage. The illustrations, the indexes, the glossary and the extensive bibliography — including all major literature in western languages until 1989 — also contribute to make this volume a must for all students of the Japanese theatre, and for anyone interested in a better understanding of Japanese culture as mirrored in its theatrical component.

Author : Ernest Fenollosa,Ezra Pound
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Drama
ISBN : 081120152X

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The Classic Noh Theatre of Japan by Ernest Fenollosa,Ezra Pound Pdf

The Noh plays of Japan have been compared to the greatest of Greek tragedies for their evocative, powerful poetry and splendor of emotional intensity.

Author : Noel John Pinnington
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783030061401

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A New History of Medieval Japanese Theatre by Noel John Pinnington Pdf

This book traces the history of noh and kyōgen, the first major Japanese theatrical arts. Going beyond P. G. O'Neill's Early Nō Drama of 1958, it covers the full period of noh's medieval development and includes a chapter dedicated to the comic art of kyōgen, which has often been left in noh's shadow. It is based on contemporary research in Japan, Asia, Europe and America, and embraces current ideas of theatre history, providing a richly contextualized account which looks closely at theatrical forms and genres as they arose. The masked drama of noh, with its ghosts, chanting and music, and its use in Japanese films, has been the object of modern international interest. However, audiences are often confused as to what noh actually is. This book attempts to answer where noh came from, what it was like in its day, and what it was for. To that end, it contains sections which discuss a number of prominent noh plays in their period and challenges established approaches. It also contains the first detailed study in English of the kyōgen repertoire of the sixteenth-century.

Author : Dilys Pegler Winegrad
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Color prints, Japanese
ISBN : 0812219856

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Dramatic Impressions by Dilys Pegler Winegrad Pdf

Produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania's Arthur Ross Gallery, this catalogue highlights 71 masterworks from Gilbert Luber's stellar collection of nineteenth-century actor prints and images by the master Osaka artist Natori Shunsen (1886-1960).

Author : Earle Ernst
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,5 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