A New History of Medieval Japanese Theatre : Noh and Kyogen from 1300 to 1600
2019 ed.
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3030061396
ISBN-13
9783030061395
Edition
2019 ed.
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 4th, 2019
Print length
225 Pages
Weight
448 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 21.90 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studies
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This book traces the history of noh and kyogen, the first major Japanese theatrical arts. O'Neill's Early No Drama of 1958, it covers the full period of noh's medieval development and includes a chapter dedicated to the comic art of kyogen, which has often been left in noh's shadow.
This book traces the history of noh and kyōgen, the first major Japanese theatrical arts. Going beyond P. G. O''Neill''s Early Nō Drama of 1958, it covers the full period of noh''s medieval development and includes a chapter dedicated to the comic art of kyōgen, which has often been left in noh''s shadow. It is based on contemporary research in Japan, Asia, Europe and America, and embraces current ideas of theatre history, providing a richly contextualized account which looks closely at theatrical forms and genres as they arose.
The masked drama of noh, with its ghosts, chanting and music, and its use in Japanese films, has been the object of modern international interest. However, audiences are often confused as to what noh actually is. This book attempts to answer where noh came from, what it was like in its day, and what it was for. To that end, it contains sections which discuss a number of prominent noh plays in their period and challenges established approaches. It also contains the first detailed study in English of the kyōgen repertoire of the sixteenth-century.
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