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Author:

Shimazaki, Satoko, author.

Title:

Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost / Satoko Shimazaki.

Publisher:

Columbia University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Kabuki--History--19th century.
Japanese drama--Edo period, 1600-1868--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The birth of Edo kabuki -- Presenting the past: Edo kabuki and the creation of community -- The beginning of the end of Edo kabuki: Yotsuya Kaidan in 1825 -- Overturning the world: the treasury of loyal retainers and Yotsuya Kaidan -- Shades of jealousy: the body of the female ghost -- The end of the world: figures of the ubume and the breakdown of theater tradition -- The modern rebirth of kabuki -- Another history: Yotsuya Kaidan on stage and page.

ISBN:

0231172265
9780231172264

OCLC:

(OCoLC)919202260

LCCN:

2015027593

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)