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Author Thornbury, Barbara E

Title Sukeroku's double identity : the dramatic structure of Edo kabuki / Barbara E. Thornbury
Published Ann Arbor : Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1982

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Description 1 online resource (x, 99 p.)
Series Michigan papers in Japanese studies ; no. 6
Michigan papers in Japanese studies ; no. 6.
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: Edo Kabuki -- Chapter 1: The Calendar of Kabuki -- Opening the theater year: the kao-mise production -- The long-run spring production: the Soga tradition -- Winding down the theater year: the bon and farewell productions -- Chapter 2: The Principles of Edo Kabuki -- The multi-part structure of kabuki -- The link between the old and new orders -- Sekai and shukō: tradition and innovation -- Part Two: Sukeroku's Double Identity
Chapter 3: Sukeroku as Soga Gorō, a God-Hero of the Nation: The Development of the Soga Tradition -- The Soga brothers' revenge -- The origins of the Soga tradition in nō, kōwaka, and ko-jōruri -- Ichikawa Danjūrō I and the representation of Soga Gorō in kabuki -- Chapter 4: Sukeroku, Flower of Edo: The Transformation of Soga Gorō into Sukeroku -- The origins of the Sukeroku innovation -- Ichikawa Danjūrō II and the introduction of the Sukeroku innovation to Edo kabuki -- Sukeroku: flower of Edo -- Conclusion -- Postscript: Reconstructing Kabuki for Performance -- Select Bibliography
Appendix I: Kabuki Source Materials of the Tokugawa Period -- Appendix II: List of Japanese Terms, Names, and Titles
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 79-87
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Subject Soga, Tokimune, 1174-1193 -- In literature
SUBJECT Soga, Tokimune, 1174-1193 -- In literature
Subject Kabuki -- History -- 18th century
Kabuki -- History -- 19th century
Kabuki plays -- History and criticism
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Kabuki
Kabuki plays
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020749585
ISBN 9780472127948
0472127942
9780472901906
0472901907