The Japanese Theatre

Name: The Japanese Theatre
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From Shamanistic Ritual to Contemporary Pluralism - Revised Edition

By Benito Ortolani

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The Japanese Theatre by Benito Ortolani offers a comprehensive history of Japanese theatre, spanning from ancient folk and ritual performances to contemporary dance theatre. It provides concise summaries of each major theatrical form, detailing their social, political, and cultural contexts. The book covers staging, costuming, masks, repertory, acting techniques, and notable actors, making it an invaluable resource for understanding the art from its origins through to modern interpretations.
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This book is ideal for undergraduates, researchers, and anyone interested in Japanese culture and performing arts history.

Offers a history of Japanese theatre. From ancient folk and ritual performances to modern dance theatre, this book provides 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, and more.

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Widely recognised 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, The Japanese Theatre provides concise summaries about each major theatrical form. It situates the genre in its particular social, political, and cultural contexts, integrating a vast array of detail on topics such as staging, costuming, masks and properties, repertory, acting techniques, and noteworthy actors.

Complete with illustrations and an extensive bibliography, this book serves both undergraduates and specialists as a reference and a cultural history of Japan seen from the perspective of the performing arts.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Praised for its depth and scholarship, this book is described as the most thorough and informed account of Japanese theatre history for Western readers. James R. Brandon notes its detailed examination of cultural matrices shaping theatre forms, while J. Thomas Rimer highlights Ortolani's meticulous research and passion, making the work accessible to a wide audience of scholars and enthusiasts alike.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691043333

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 March 1995

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Edition: Revised Edition

Illustration: 32 pages of b&w illus.

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 652g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Benito Ortolani is Professor of Theatre at Brooklyn College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. An internationally known authority on Japanese theatre, he is also the founder and editor of the yearly International Bibliography of Theatre and the editor of Pirandello's Love Letters to Marta Abba (Princeton).