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Author:

Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-

Title:

Professor Risley and the imperial Japanese troupe : how an American acrobat introduced circus to Japan, and Japan to the West / Frederik L. Schodt.

Publisher:

Stone Bridge Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xvi, 304 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Risley, Richard,--1814-1874.
Acrobats--United States.
Circus performers--United States.
Circus--United States--History.
Circus--Japan--History.
Circus--Japan--Western influences.
United States--Relations--Japan.
Japan--Relations--United States.
Popular culture--United States.
Popular culture--Japan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Setting the stage -- The Risley act -- Going for gold -- Into Asia -- Yokohama, Japan -- Taking America -- At the exposition -- The long way to London -- The matter of the contract -- Final acts.

ISBN:

1611720095
9781611720099

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783151593

LCCN:

2012031056

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)