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<p><em>Kabuki Plays On Stage </em>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.</p> <p><strong>Volume 1</strong> 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).</p> <p>The twelve plays translated in <strong>Volume 2</strong> cover a brief period, but one that saw important developments in kabuki architecture, acting, dance, and the manipulation of characters and themes.</p> <p>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 f

Author

Brandon, James R.; Leiter, Samuel L.

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780824824136