A History of Japanese Theatre
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- Editor: Jonah Salz, Ryukoku University, Japan
- Date Published: August 2016
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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.
Read more- Contains chapters on major genres, as well as shorter spotlight and focus boxes covering less well-known genres and individuals
- Contributions from Japanese scholars, many translated into English for the first time, offer new contextual insights
- Includes discussions of dance, folk, and popular culture genres often ignored in Western definitions of theatre
- Chapters on shamisen, costumes, architecture, and national theatres provide a cultural and contextual grounding for theatrical genres in affiliated arts and institutions
Awards
- Winner, 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Reviews & endorsements
'… a massive undertaking and a much-needed addition to current scholarship on Japanese theater … this is a wonderful overview of a rich theatrical world, a book with something for both specialists and generalists …' C. Lanki, Choice
See more reviews'A History of Japanese Theatre edited by the kyôgen scholar Jonah Salz is a comprehensive reference book covering the development of the major classical, modern and contemporary theatres in Japan … Working with a team of eight contributing editors and fifty-eight individual contributors, Salz has produced a diversely situated guide to theatre in Japan that is more comprehensive than any previous volume of this kind … A History of Japanese Theatre is a considerable achievement. It features detailed yet succinct discussions on the key forms and periods of theatre and, through interludes, it opens the reader to diverse commentaries and reflections. It offers key examples and discussions of representative works that expand our understanding and will be helpful in teaching. I especially enjoy the diversity of approaches that offer a way to think about history in the plural.' Peter Eckersall, Forthcoming Asian Theatre Journal
'There have been numerous articles and books on Japanese theatre, but this is the book to own. Even if Japanese theatre is not an individual’s area of research, the reader will value this book’s interesting presentations of the development of performance, and the relationship between performance and society. If Japanese theatre is one’s primary research area, the reader will be delighted with the depth and breadth found in A History of Japanese Theatre.' Deidre Onishi, Theatre Topics
'The accessibility of information, the breadth of coverage, and the variations in style make this an ideal reference work for anyone seeking to comprehend the basics (and then some) of the Japanese dramatic tradition.' Erik R. Lofgren, Japanese Studies
'… Salz has succeeded in choreographing a delicate balance between scholarly innovation and sophistication on the one hand, and convenient structure and accessibility on the other.' William D. Fleming, TDR: The Drama Review
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- Date Published: August 2016
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107034242
- length: 589 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 182 x 32 mm
- weight: 1.3kg
- contains: 69 b/w illus. 4 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Foreword James R. Brandon
Timeline Rachel Payne
Editor's introduction Jonah Salz
Part I. Traditional Theatres: Preface to Part I Laurence Kominz
1. Ancient and early medieval performing arts Terauchi Naoko
Interlude: katari narrative traditions: from storytelling to theatre Alison Tokita
2. Noh and Muromachi culture Shinko Kagaya and Miura Hiroko
Interlude: noh and kyogen costumes and masks Monica Bethe
3. Kyogen: classical comedy Jonah Salz
Interlude: iemoto: the family head system Eric C. Rath
4. Kabuki: superheroes and femmes fatales Julie Iezzi
Interlude: nihonbuyô: classical dance Paul Griffith and Okada Mariko
Interlude: Okinawan theatre: boundary of Japanese theatre Suzuki Masae
5. Bunraku: puppet theatre Goto Shizuo
Interlude: misemono and rakugo: sideshows and storytelling Matthew W. Shores
Interlude: kamigata geinō: Kyoto-Osaka style Gondo Yoshikazu
Interlude: traditional theatre tomorrow: interview with Takemoto Mikio Shinko Kagaya
Part II. Modern Theatres: Preface to Part II Brian Powell
6. Birth of modern theatre: Shimpa and shingeki Brian Powell
Interlude: new comedy, Asakusa opera, OSK musicals Nakano Masaaki
Interlude: Takarazuka: all-girls' revue and musicals Yamanashi Makiko
7. Rise of shingeki: western-style theatre Guohe Zheng
Interlude: manzai and yoshimoto comedy vaudeville Joel Stocker
8. Wartime colonial and traditional theatre Samuel L. Leiter
Interlude: kami-shibai: picture-card storytelling Washitani Hana
9. Maturing shingeki theatre Guohe Zheng
Interlude: post-war musicals and commercial theatre Kevin Wetmore
10. Sixties theatre Kan Takayuki
Interlude: butoh: dance of darkness and light Bruce Baird
11. Contemporary theatre M. Cody Poulton
Interlude: Tokyo: world theatre capital Iwaki Kyoko
Interlude: charting Tokyo theatre today:
24 November 2012 Iwaki Kyoko
Interlude: modern theatre tomorrow: interview with Hirata Oriza Iwaki Kyoko
Part III. Arcs and Patterns:
12. Pre-modern playwriting practices Laurence Kominz
13. Traditional meta-patterns Jonah Salz
14. Modern drama as literature J. Thomas Rimer
15. Modern meta-patterns Mari Boyd
Interlude: Dōjōji: the lady and the bell Laurence Kominz
Part IV. Theatre Architecture: Preface to Part IV Jonah Salz
16. Pre-modern patterns of spectatorship and space Shimizu Hiroyuki
17. Modernization of theatrical space, 1868–1940 Samuel L. Leiter and Nagai Satoko
18. Post-war theatres: development and diversification Otsuki Atsushi
Interlude: national theatres and funding Barbara E. Thornbury
Part V. Theatre Criticism:
19. Practitioner principles, Zeami to Chikamatsu William Lee
20. Pre-modern criticism, research, and training Nakano Masaaki
21. English language scholarship: a critical overview David Jortner
Interlude: university scholarship and training Nakano Masaaki
Part VI. Intercultural Influences:
22. Seven stages of Shakespeare reception Daniel Gallimore and Minami Ryuta
23. Traditional training internationally Jonah Salz
24. Intercultural theatre: fortuitous encounters Jonah Salz
Interlude: early influence from Europe Yoshihara Yukari
Interlude: interview with Ninagawa Yukio: Asian energy vs. European rationality Mika Eglinton
Epilogue: frozen words and mythology Eugenio Barba.
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