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Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost
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Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost / Satoko Shimazaki.
ISBN
9780231172264
0231172265
9780231540520
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Physical Description
xiii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 05, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references 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.
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