Kabuki : baroque fusion of the arts /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kawatake, Toshio, 1924-2013
Otros Autores: Hoff, Frank (tr.), Hoff, Jean (tr.)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Japanese
Publicado: Tokyo : International House of Japan, 2006.
Edición:2nd English ed.
Colección:LTCB international library selection ; 13
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An unexpected overseas response
  • Drama that transcends national barriers
  • From a comparative perspective
  • Unique theatre machinery
  • Theatricality, audience involvement and Hanamichi
  • The Hanamichi: its etymology and evolution
  • The dynamism of the revolving stage
  • The commoner's realm of pleasure
  • The "fusion of the arts"
  • The artistry of sound
  • The sense of visual beauty
  • Yakusha, Yakugara and Onnagata
  • Gei, Kata and their transmission
  • The creation of "negative beauty"-- Kabuki and the puppet theatre
  • The tragedy of "parting from loved ones and the anguish of separation"
  • Tragedies of implicit understanding and acquiescence
  • Kizewamono: living for the moment
  • The baroque theatre of Japan
  • Its place in the history of world theatre
  • From the nineteenth century into the twenty-first.