Kabuki at the crossroads [electronic resource] years of crisis, 1952-1965 / by Samuel L. Leiter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leiter, Samuel L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kabuki--History--20th century.

Kabuki.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (764 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Mass. : Global Oriental, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Samuel L. Leiter's Kabuki at the Crossroads: Years of Crisis, 1952-1965 is the first detailed account of Japan's kabuki theatre in the years immediately following the end of the Occupation. It examines every aspect of this traditional theatre as it struggled to maintain its position in a rapidly changing postwar entertainment environment. It covers acting rivalries, major productions, theatres, international tours, the convention of men playing female roles, name-taking and memorial ceremonies, the company system and managerial strategies. In addition, the volume includes numerous appendixes chronicling the period, including a thorough chronology and 150 summaries of new plays never previously discussed in English.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

And Then There Was One: Tokyo’s Three Top Acting Companies

Three K Factors: Kenkyū Kai, Kōryū, and Kaomise

Kansai Kabuki at the Crossroads

Communists, Teenage Girls, and Little Theatres: Three Alternative Kabuki Troupes

When Tōhō Got its Mojo

Yakusha or Haiyū?: Kabuki Actors at the Crossroads

Changing Names, Memorial Flames

Shūmei of the Century: The Danjūrō Dilemma

Till Death Do Your Parts: Debuts, Education, and Mortality

From the Ginza to Broadway: Kabuki Goes Global

Playhouses, Programming, and Plays

Chronology of Programs and Events, May 1952 to December 1965

Study Groups: 1952–1965

Traditional Plays and the Zenshin-za

The Katabami-za at the Sumida Gekijō and Ōji Hall: 1952–1964

Kōshirō VIII and Tōhō

Selected Awards: 1952–1965

Shūmei: 1952–1965

Acting Debuts: 1952–1965

Actors’ Deaths: 1952–1965

Production Statistics: 1952–1965

Actors’ Names

Synopses of New Plays Produced at the Kabuki-za: 1952–1965

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2013).

ISBN:

90-04-25114-6

OCLC:

844924498

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004251144 DOI