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Edo kabuki in transition: from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost

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Shimazaki, Satoko

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Publication Date

[2016]

Language

English

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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.

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Subjects

Asian
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Edo period
Electronic book
Electronic books
Histoire
Histoire et critique
History
History and criticism
Japanese
Japanese drama
Japanese drama -- Edo period
Japanese drama -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- History and criticism
Kabuki
Kabuki -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Kabuki -- History -- 19th century
LITERARY CRITICISM
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- Japanese
Théâtre japonais
Théâtre japonais -- 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo) -- Histoire et critique

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ISBN

9780231172264
9780231540520

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