Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2 : Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799 / James R. Brandon, Samuel L. Leiter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brandon, James R., editor.

Leiter, Samuel L., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2002]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era. Volume 1 consists of thirteen plays that showcase early kabuki's scintillating and boisterous styles of performance and illustrates the contrasting dramatic techniques cultivated by actors in Edo (Tokyo) and Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto). The twelve plays translated in Volume 2 cover a brief period, but one that saw important developments in kabuki architecture, acting, dance, and the manipulation of characters and themes. As the series title indicates, the plays were translated to capture the vivacity of performances on stage. The translations, each accompanied by a thorough introduction that contextualizes the play, are based not only on published texts, but performance scripts and the study of the plays as they are performed in theatres today. Each volume is lavishly illustrated with rare woodblock prints in full color of Tokugawa- and Meiji-period productions as well as color and black-and-white photographs of contemporary performances.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction / Brandon, James R. / Leiter, Samuel L.

Great Favorite Subscription List Gohiiki Kanjinchò / Pronko, Leonard C.

The Precious Incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai Meiboku Sendai Hagi / Johnson, Matthew

The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest Sanmon Gosan no Kiri / Cummings, Alan

The Tale of Shiroishi and the Taihei Chronicles Go Taiheiki Shiroishi Banashi / Griffith, Paul M.

Nozaki Village Nozakimura / Poulton, Cody M.

The Revenge at Tengajaya Katakiuchi Tengajayamura / Cummings, Alan

Mirror Mountain: A Women's Treasury of Loyalty Kagamiyama Kokyò no Nishiki-e / Oshima, Mark

The Barrier Gate Seki no To / Leiter, Samuel L. / Hibino, Kei

Five Great Powers that Secure Love Godairiki Koi no Fûjime / Iezzi, Julie A.

The Ise Dances and Love's Dull Blade Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba / Jones, Stanleigh H.

The Picture Book of the Taikò Ehon Taikòki / Leiter, Samuel L.

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index

List of Plays

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

0-8248-4628-1

OCLC:

1013956160