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Japanese dance : succession of a Kyomai master / NHK ; director, Nobuyuki Oka.
LIBRA DVD 002 216
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--Japan--Kyoto.
- Dance.
- Geishas.
- Japan--Kyoto.
- Genre:
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2003]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Goes behind the scenes to film for the first time the private world of kyomai, Kyoto-style dance. Includes rare footage of the reigning "grand mistress," Inoue Yachiyo IV, background on the history of kyomai, and insights into the education of geisha, chief practitioners of this centuries-old form of Japanese dance.
- Participant:
- Kimberly Forsythe, narrator ; Yachiyo Inoue IV, instructor and performer.
- Credits:
- Camera, Shuichi Hashimoto; editor, Katsutoshi Hozumi ; music, Rei Mugi.
- Notes:
- DVD release of the 2001 production.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 54017530
- Publisher Number:
- FFH 11726 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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