GALE RESEARCHER GUIDE FOR
Title | GALE RESEARCHER GUIDE FOR PDF eBook |
Author | MATTHEW. AVITABILE |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781535866040 |
Gale Researcher Guide for: Japanese Theatrical Tradition: Kabuki
Title | Gale Researcher Guide for: Japanese Theatrical Tradition: Kabuki PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Avitabile |
Publisher | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Pages | 11 |
Release | 2018-09-28 |
Genre | Study Aids |
ISBN | 1535866055 |
Gale Researcher Guide for: Japanese Theatrical Tradition: Kabuki is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
A Kabuki Reader
Title | A Kabuki Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel L. Leiter |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 403 |
Release | 2015-02-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317478037 |
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.
Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre
Title | Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel L. Leiter |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 816 |
Release | 2014-10-30 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1442239115 |
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.
The Kabuki Theatre
Title | The Kabuki Theatre PDF eBook |
Author | Earle Ernst |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 1974-01-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780824803193 |
Studies the production and psychology of this Japanese drama form and compares its techniques with those of the Western theater
New Kabuki Encyclopedia
Title | New Kabuki Encyclopedia PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Leiter |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997-07-30 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0313292884 |
Kabuki has been a part of Japanese culture for nearly four centuries. The plays performed today are generally selected from a classic repertoire that gradually ceased to develop once Japan broke the chains of its isolationist policy and began the surge toward Westernization. The plays largely reflect the values of feudal Japan, and they portray a world of noble samurai overcoming evil adversaries, adulterous lovers overcoming their dilemmas through double suicide, parents sacrificing their children in the name of loyalty to a superior, and children giving up their lives for the sake of their parents. Productions typically contain spectacular sets, elaborate costumes, and colorful makeup. Though kabuki is so essential to the heritage of Japan, it still remains largely a beautiful mystery to the West. This reference book is a comprehensive guide to the fascinating world of kabuki. An extensive revision and expansion of the 1979 Kabuki Encyclopedia, this volume is the most comprehensive guide to Japan's kabuki theatre in any language other than Japanese. The present volume includes many new illustrations, a lengthy and detailed index, thorough cross-referencing, greatly expanded descriptions of plays, an extensive bibliography of English-language and Japanese sources, and more than 400 new entries. A major feature is the inclusion of Japanese characters for all main entry terms, titles, and names. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and the volume's appendices include a chronological table of kabuki history, a list of all major or formal play titles, a list of all variant or popular titles, genealogical charts, and a list of all major actors' stage nicknames (yago) currently in use.
Kabuki a Pocket Guide
Title | Kabuki a Pocket Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Cavaye |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2012-07-09 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1462903991 |
Kabuki A Pocket Guide introduces readers to the foundations of Kabuki--its history and its actors, its acting styles and its performance, its color and music--to the sheer beauty and joy of Kabuki. Kabuki, the popular theatre of Japan, began in about 1603 and is still flourishing today. It was the entertainment of the common people as opposed to Noh, the refined theatre of the aristocracy, and is a close relative of the Bunraku puppet theater. All the actors in Kabuki, even those who play female roles, are men and plays and dances deal with the love of the heroes and villains form Japans real or legendary past. Concise enough to take to performance, this pocket guide to Kabuki provides a wealth of fascinating information about plays, the actors, and their history. As only an insider can do, the author takes us behind the scene to meet the actors, attend rehearsal, and get a first-hand look at the makeup, costumes, sets and props that go into a Kabuki performance.