Japanese theatre in highlight
| Author | : Francis Haar |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 127 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
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Japanese Theatre in Highlight
| Author | : Francis Haar |
| Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2010-11-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1462913113 |
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Words cannot explain to an outsider the sight and feel of the Japanese stage. And definitions and descriptions do not convey an exact image to people brought up on a concept of the theatre that differs so greatly from the Japanese as ours. In seeing something foreign, too, our eyes must be guided carefully, so that we know what we are seeing and how to look at it profitably. All of us are to be grateful for this book, because now, without leaving our countries, or for that matter our armchairs, we can peer at leisure into expertly selected, edited and glossed highlights of the three great classical theatre arts of Japan-Noh, Bunraku and Kabuki. The Fifty-four ensuing photographs, with their textual commentary, are the equivalent, in my mind, of fifty-four choice seats at some of the best performances in modern Japan and intimate visits backstage.
Japanese Theatre in Highlight
| Author | : Francis Haar |
| Publisher | : Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press |
| Total Pages | : 127 |
| Release | : 1971 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780837139371 |
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A pictoral commentary on the three great classical theatre arts of Japan.
A History of Japanese Theatre
| Author | : Jonah Salz |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 1066 |
| Release | : 2016-07-14 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1316395324 |
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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.
The Japanese Theatre
| Author | : Benito Ortolani |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780691043333 |
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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.
The Japanese Theatre
| Author | : Ortolani |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 372 |
| Release | : 2022-07-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004484140 |
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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.
Japanese Theatre and the International Stage
| Author | : Stanca Scholz-Cionca |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 2021-08-04 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9004483055 |
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This well-illustrated work is the first attempt to bridge the gap between several specialized discourses concerning Japanese theatre. Central are problems of scholarly and practical reception of Japanese theatre forms in the West. The essays by a careful selection of internationally well-reputed scholars range widely through Japanese theatre, from the ancient to the postmodern, or, one might say, from kagura to angura. It deals with reception of Japanese theatre in the West, the treatment of the body in stage art and drama, Western influence, the impact of Japanese theatre practice and theory upon the actor’s training, and stage directing in the West. Readers will come across a wide variety of intriguing topics, such as lion dances, kabuki, nôh, folk theatre, taishu engeki, and several important modern playwrights, etc. This book truly promises to intensify future dialogue between the many disciplines concerned with Japanese theatre.
Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre
| Author | : Samuel L. Leiter |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 816 |
| Release | : 2014-10-30 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1442239115 |
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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.
Heart of God
| Author | : Aubrey Halford |
| Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 512 |
| Release | : 2012-01-10 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 1462904548 |
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Awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore (1861— 1941) is considered the most important poet of modern-day India. He was also a distinguished author, educator, social reformer, and philosopher. Today, Tagore along with Mahatma Gandhi are prized as the foremost intellectual and spiritual advocates of India's liberation from imperial rule. This inspiring collection of Tagore's poetry represent his "simple prayers of common life." Each of the seventy-seven prayers is an eloquent affirmation of the divine in the face of both joy and sorrow. Like the Psalms of David, they transcend time and speak directly to the human heart. The spirit of this collection may be best symbolized by a single sentence by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the renowned philosopher and statesman who served as president of India: "Rabindranath Tagore was one of the few representatives of the universal person to whom the future of the world belongs."
Japanese Theatre
| Author | : Faubion Bowers |
| Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2013-01-08 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1462912184 |
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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.
