The Japanese Theatre: 1 Abschnitt: From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism (Handbook of Oriental Studies) - Hardcover

Ortolani, Benito

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004093141 ISBN 13: 9789004093140

Publisher: Brill, 1990

Synopsis

RARE 1st Edition Hardback! Widely recognized as the standard history of Japanese theatre for Western readers, this work by Benito Ortolani is now available for the first time in paperback. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, it provides concise summaries about each major theatrical form, situating the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts and integrating a vast array of detail on such topics as staging, costuming, masks and properties, repertory, acting techniques, and noteworthy actors. Complete with illustrations and an extensive bibliography, this book serves undergraduates and specialists both as a reference and as a cultural history of Japan seen from the perspective of the performing arts.

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Review

The reader will find no fuller and more informed account of the complexities of Japanese theatre history and of the cultural matrices from which Japan's various theatre forms grew, than in this admirable scholarly work. (James R. Brandon Monumenta Nipponica )

The book represents the summation of a lifetime's work by a meticulous teacher and scholar whose fascination with his subject now allows him to share his knowledge, and his enthusiasms, with a larger audience. (J. Thomas Rimer Asian Theatre Journal )

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004093141
• ISBN 13: 9789004093140
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Number of pages: 352