Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 1: Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766

Published by University of Hawaii Press 2002

Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 1

Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766

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

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824842468

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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.

Published with the assistance of the Nippon Foundation.

Author / Editor information

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	IX
INTRODUCTION Samuel L. Leiter and James R. Brandon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Felicitous Soga Encounter Kotobuki Soga no Taimen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Just A Minute! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Matahei the Stutterer Domo M Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
The Medicine Peddler Uirö Uri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
The Stone-Cutting Feat of Kajiwara Kajiwara Heizö Homare no Ishikiri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Lady Kuzunoha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
The Secret Art of Rowing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
The Skylight Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
The Sanemori Story Sanemori Monogatari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
The Golden Pavilion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
The Heron Maiden Sagi Musume Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Japan's Twenty-Four Paragons of Filial Piety Honchö Nijushikö Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
GLOSSARY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
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KABUKI PLAYS ON STAGE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: August 24, 2023
ISBN: 9780824842468