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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
David Petersen; Mandy Conti |
ISBN: | 9781847530066 1847530060 |
OCLC Number: | 154677499 |
Notes: | Title from T.P. verso. Photographs ... by David Petersen and Mandy Conti. |
Description: | xii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
Responsibility: | by David Petersen. |
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Insights into Japanese Theater
Richly illustrated, and based largely on sources inaccessible to the non-Japanese speaker, this book provides a rare glimpse into kagura (Shinto theater), a performance style with roots predating even noh drama. Coverage includes the history of the art; the kagura stage; schools of performance; synopses...
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Richly illustrated, and based largely on sources inaccessible to the non-Japanese speaker, this book provides a rare glimpse into kagura (Shinto theater), a performance style with roots predating even noh drama. Coverage includes the history of the art; the kagura stage; schools of performance; synopses of plays and ceremonies; movement and choreography; kagura costumes; masks and mask-making; implements, decorations and special effects; the music of kagura; and related folk arts. There are also additional sections with comparative materials on noh and kabuki. A new world of theater awaits...
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