This is a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance -- noh, kyogen, kabuki, and bamrili puppet theater -- in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Organized by genre, each section features a rich selection of representative plays and explorations into each theatrical style and is prefaced by an illustrative essay covering a wide range of subjects, from stage direction to musical accompaniment. With classic and new translations of more than thirty plays and scenes -- along with Brazell's detailed, historically rich supplementary material and copious illustrations -- no better anthology exists for students of this most fascinating and diverse dramatic tradition.
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A compact introduction, rich variety of fine translations of representative plays, detailed stage directions, and extensive photographs make this an ideal teacher's tool...This is not only a fine anthology, but the only anthology of its kind.
(Jonah Salz The Journal of Asian Studies )A collection of translations of traditional Japanese plays that will become the standard textbook for courses on Japanese theater. A compact introduction, rich variety of fine translations of representative plays, detailed stage directions, and extensive photographs make this an ideal teacher's tool.
(Jonah Salz The Journal of Asian Studies )Promises to become a classic.
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Traditional Japanese drama is certainly one of the richest of the world's stage heritage... Such a collection will enable readers (and teachers and students) to see the whole range of the tradition and importantly how the same stories are transformed when recreated for the different stages.
(Drew Gerstle, author of Circles of Fantasy: Convention in the Plays of Chikamatsu and Theatre as Music: The Banruku Play: Mt. Imo and Mt. Se, an Exemplary Tale of Womanly Virtue. )
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I purchased this book for a Japanese theater class. From this book I learned a lot about Noh, Kabuki, and Joruri theater. This book gives the "scripts" of the plays and also some literary critiques and history of the play. It was interesting to see the different types of plays that the Japanese have. This book does not cover modern Japanese theater, like the Suzuki method, so if you are interested in that then get a different book.
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Traditional Japanese theater is living theater. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
geza ongaku, noncongruent rhythm, clapper patterns, sembon zakura, waki and wakizure, shite dances, shite stamps, song congruent, shamisen interlude, demon mushroom, kizewa mono, shamisen accompaniment, spot facing front, waki actors, shite actors, biwa priests, bunraku version, wagoto style, shura mono, drum interlude, jidai mono, noh version, shamisen music, noh flute, aragoto style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aoki Shinji, Devil Island, Saint Narukami, Research Archives of Musashino Women's College, Monica Bethe, Suma Bay, Yotsuya Ghost Stories, Lord Enya, National Theater, Karen Brazell, Ariwara Temple, Lord Shunkan, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Don Kenny, Hail Amida Buddha, Lord Sugawara, Pure Land, Kamiya Jihei, Lady Kariya, The Delicious Poison, Donald Keene, Prince Atsumori, Tarb Kaja, Boundary River, Jane Marie Law New!
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geza ongaku, noncongruent rhythm, clapper patterns, sembon zakura, waki and wakizure, shite dances, shite stamps, song congruent, shamisen interlude, demon mushroom, kizewa mono, shamisen accompaniment, spot facing front, waki actors, shite actors, biwa priests, bunraku version, wagoto style, shura mono, drum interlude, jidai mono, noh version, shamisen music, noh flute, aragoto style Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aoki Shinji, Devil Island, Saint Narukami, Research Archives of Musashino Women's College, Monica Bethe, Suma Bay, Yotsuya Ghost Stories, Lord Enya, National Theater, Karen Brazell, Ariwara Temple, Lord Shunkan, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Don Kenny, Hail Amida Buddha, Lord Sugawara, Pure Land, Kamiya Jihei, Lady Kariya, The Delicious Poison, Donald Keene, Prince Atsumori, Tarb Kaja, Boundary River, Jane Marie Law New!
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