Kabuki Plays On Stage. Volume 3: Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2002

Kabuki Plays On Stage. Volume 3

Darkness and Desire, 1804-1864

Edited by: James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824844752

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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.

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Brandon James R. :

James R. Brandon is emeritus professor of Asian theatre at the University of Hawai‘i.Leiter Samuel L. :

Samuel L. Leiter is distinguished professor of theatre at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and also teaches at The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Samuel L. Leiter and James R. Brandon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Tale of Tokubei from India Tenjiku Tokubei Ikoku-Banashi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Sanbasò with His Tongue Stuck Out Shitadashi Sanbasò Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
The Scandalous Love of Osome and Hisamatsu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Yasuna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
The Execution Ground at Suzugamori Suzugamori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Kasane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tòkaidò Tòkaidò Yotsuya Kaidan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
The Wisteria Maiden Fuji Musume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
The Six Poet Immortals Rokkasen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Masakado Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
The Tale of the Martyr of Sakura Sakura Giminden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
The Three Kichisas and the New Year’s First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
Gorozò the Gallant Gosho no Gorozò Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
Scarface Otomi Kirare Otomi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	318
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
List of Plays by Volume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	396

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 414

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Published: June 30, 2002
ISBN: 9780824844752