Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Conventions; Historical eras or periods; Modern Japanese prefectures; Introduction; 1 Conditions of possibility: economic, political, and ideological; 2 Outcast(e) street performers; 3 Gods and spirits in the streets; 4 Gōmune and their arts; 5 Yashi: performance as advertisement; 6 The aftermath of Meiji: conditions of impossibility; References; Index