Ghosts of the Asia-Pacific War in Contemporary Japan -- Lingering Legacies of the War: Performance and Specters at Yasukuni Shrine -- Returning Kamikaze: Popular Culture, Affect, and Theatrical Repetition -- Staging Response-ability: Historical Omissions and the Audience -- Beco…
"Transgenerational Remembrance examines the legacy of the Asia-Pacific War in Japan (1931-1945) through contemporary output in theater and performance art. This book explicates art and theatrical productions dealing with kamikaze pilots, Japanese imperialism, comfort women, the …
"Transgenerational Remembrance examines the legacy of the Asia-Pacific War in Japan (1931-1945) through contemporary output in theater and performance art. This book explicates art and theatrical productions dealing with kamikaze pilots, Japanese imperialism, comfort women, the …
Strikingly illustrated account of the colorful traditions, history, and pageantry of the remarkable Japanese theatre.
Interspersed between the stately, slower-paced dance dramas of Japan's Noh theater are the delightful comic plays or interludes known as Kyogen. These brief plays evolved from the bawdy skits that were rousingly enjoyed by theplebeian populaces of the cities in feudal Japan some…
This monograph with an accompanying CD-ROM explores through plot repetition the relationships between three genres of traditional Japanese theatre, nō, kabuki and ningyō-jōruri, with a focus on plays depicting the final, fugitive years of Minamoto no Yoshitsune. First, the theor…