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Author : Karen Brazell
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0231108737
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 : Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442239111
Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre is the only dictionary that offers detailed comprehensive coverage of the most important terms, people, and plays in the four principal traditional Japanese theatrical forms—nō, kyōgen, bunraku, and kabuki—supplemented with individual historical essays on each form. This updated edition adds well over 200 plot summaries representing each theatrical form in addition to: a chronology; introductory essay; appendixes; an extensive bibliography; over 1500 cross-referenced entries on important terms; brief biographies of the leading artists and writers; and plot summaries of significant plays. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Japanese theatre.
Author : Yoshinobu Inoura,河竹登志夫
Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003288060
Author : Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Japanese drama
ISBN : 0810876086
The A to Z of Japanese Traditional Theatre covers all four genres, providing information on nearly every aspect, including actors, theatres, companies, history, makeup, costumes, masks, biographies, theories, training, music, religion, criticism, and many more. This is done through hundreds of dictionary entries arranged alphabetically with abundan
Author : Jacob Raz
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9004068864
Author : Helen Parker
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789004486942
This monograph with an accompanying CD-ROM explores through plot repetition the relationships between three genres of traditional Japanese theatre, nō, kabuki and ningyō-jōruri, with a focus on plays depicting the final, fugitive years of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. First, the theoretical background to the concept of plot repetition is discussed and the theme of Yoshitsune’s downfall is introduced. The next and main section analyses the treatment of the Funa Benkei and Ataka/Kanjinchō plots in the three genres, with reference to their historical development and contemporary performance. The CD-ROM contains video clips, photographs and nishiki-e prints from productions in each genre to illustrate how the plots are presented on stage.
Author : Faubion Bowers
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781462912186
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 : Ronald Cavaye,Paul Griffith,Akihiko Senda
Publisher : Kodansha
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 477002987X
Japan has a wide range of unique, highly refined performing arts that haveeveloped over centuries. This guide provides a brief history andntroduction to the features of each genre, together with recommendations oflays that are accessible to non-Japanese audiences. Brief synopses arerovided to approximately fifty selected plays, and well-known popularompanies, actors, writers, and directors are introduced. The text is widelyllustrated, and includes information about theatre listings, how to getickets, and which plays are available on DVD. It will be invaluable fornyone planning a visit to Japan and keen to experience its theatre firsthand,s well as providing additional insights for students of Japanese theatrend literature.
Author : John Wesley Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015067660988
Offers a survey of the main forms of traditional Japanese drama - Kyogen, Noh, Kabuki, and Puppetry.
Author : Thomas Immoos,Fred Mayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Theater
ISBN : UOM:39015048827417
Author : Jonah Salz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-05
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1108458165
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 : Donald Keene
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0231074190
Donald Keene combines informative works on two forms of classical Japanese theater into a single volume. The No text looks at all aspects of this traditional theater form including its history, its stage and props, the use of music and dance in its performances, the plays as literature, and the aesthetics of No. Also discussed are Kyogen, the comic farces that are typically interspersed with the solemn No dramas.
Author : Yoshinobu Inoura,Toshio Kawatake
Publisher : Floating World Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Theater
ISBN : 1891640402
This is the first book in English to present a comprehensive history of Japanese theater illustrated with monochrome photographs of performances, costumes, masks and props.
Author : Adolphe Clarence Scott
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780486406459
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 : Stevie Suan
Publisher : Global Oriental
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004222151
Founded on richly stylized expression, Anime has developed into an art with a high degree of sophistication that is comparable to that of the traditional theatrical forms of Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki. By analyzing Anime through the lens of traditional Japanese theater, the patterns and practices in Anime can be mapped out. In The Anime Paradox, Stevie Suan utilizes this framework to reveal Anime’s distinct form, examining and delineating the particular formal qualities of Anime’s structure, conventions, aesthetics, and modes of viewing. However, the comparison works both ways—just as Japanese theater can give us analytical insights into Anime, Anime can enrich our understanding of Japanese classical theater.