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Title A kabuki reader : history and performance / Samuel L. Leiter, editor
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Japan in the modern world
Japan in the modern world.
Contents pt. 1. Kabuki history -- pt. 2. Kabuki performance -- pt. 3. Surveying the field
Summary Unique in any Western language, this is an invaluable resource for the study of one of the world's great theatrical forms. It includes essays by established experts on Kabuki as well as younger scholars now entering the field, and provides a comprehensive survey of the history of Kabuki; how it is written, produced, staged, and performed; and its place in world theater. Compiled by the editor of the influential Asian Theater Journal, the book covers four essential areas - history, performance, theaters, and plays - and includes a translation of one Kabuki play as an illustration of Kabuki tech
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes "An east gate book."
Originally published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed February 19, 2015)
Subject Kabuki -- History
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Kabuki
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Leiter, Samuel L., editor.
ISBN 9781317478041
1317478045
9781315706832
1315706830