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This volume makes available for the first time a complete translation in English of a key text for our understanding of Kabuki, viz. Kezairoku, Sakusha Shikihô (Valuable Notes on Playwriting, A Playwrights’ Methodology, written 1801), being the only extant treatise fully devoted to the subject of Ka...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-755642023-08-19T02:19:49Z Creating Kabuki Plays Saltzman-Li, Katherine Kabuki theatre playwriting This volume makes available for the first time a complete translation in English of a key text for our understanding of Kabuki, viz. Kezairoku, Sakusha Shikihô (Valuable Notes on Playwriting, A Playwrights’ Methodology, written 1801), being the only extant treatise fully devoted to the subject of Kabuki playwriting. At the hand of this vital text, the author addresses the history, methodology, and practitioners of Kabuki playwriting of the Edo Period (1603-1867.) The reader will find a critical examination of Kezairoku, and discussions regarding the connections between the Kabuki and literary worlds of Edo Japan, and between playwriting and the oral arts. The availability of the entire Kezairoku in English, together with a full contextualization of its teachings and meanings, offers a volume of great significance to both Japan and theatre scholars. 2023-08-18T11:39:44Z 2023-08-18T11:39:44Z 2010 book ONIX_20230818_9789004193208_6 9789004193208 9789004121157 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/75564 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789004193208.pdf https://brill.com/display/title/7191 Brill 10.1163/ej.9789004121157.i-264 10.1163/ej.9789004121157.i-264 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004193208 9789004121157 open access
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