The Art of Kabuki Five Famous Plays (Second Revised Edition)

by Leiter, Samuel L.

• ISBN13: 9780486408729
• ISBN10: 0486408728
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-26
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Complete texts of Benten Kozo, Pulling the Carriage Apart and The Village School, Shunkan and Naozamurai, and a variety of interpretations by the actors who originated the major roles. Commentaries by critics and actors precede each work. Details on staging, movement, wigs, costumes, music. Prefaces. Introduction. Glossary. New Selected Bibliography. Index. 99 halftones.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Dover Edition	p. v
Preface to the First Edition	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Benten Kozo (Benten Musume Meono Shiranami [characters not reproducible])	p. 1
The Hamamatsu-ya Scene (Hamamatsu-ya no ba [characters not reproducible])	p. 13
The Mustering Scene (Seizoroi no ba [characters not reproducible])	p. 36
Sugawara's Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami [characters not reproducible])	p. 59
Pulling the Carriage Apart (Kuruma Biki [characters not reproducible])	p. 86
The Village School (Terakoya [characters not reproducible])	p. 100
Shunkan (Heike Nyogo no Shima [characters not reproducible])	p. 161
The Scene on Devil's Island (Kikaigashima no ba [characters not reproducible])	p. 173
Naozamurai (Kumo ni Mago Ueno no Hatshuhana [characters not reproducible])	p. 205
The Soba Shop Scene (Soba-ya no ba [characters not reproducible])	p. 218
The Oguchi Hostel Scene (Oguchi-ryo no ba [characters not reproducible])	p. 231
Glossary	p. 255
Table of Actors' Name Changes Since the First Edition	p. 288
Selected Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 295
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