| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages) : illustrations |
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Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history |
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Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
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| Contents |
Danjuro IX and the actress question -- The origins of the Ichikawa girl -- Kabuki troupe -- Name recognition -- Cypress stages -- Defining themselves -- The critics respond -- Life off stage -- Power struggle -- The final years -- Coda: Kabuki as invented tradition |
| Summary |
Danjuro's Girls is a fascinating history of Japan's female kabuki troupes, offering a penetrating investigation into three generations of kabuki actresses associated with the renowned Ichikawa Danjuro acting dynasty. Contextually grounding early female precedents in kabuki, the book focuses on the Ichikawa Girls' Kabuki Troupe, a unique and trailblazing company founded after Japan's defeat in World War II. The troupe became a national sensation in the 1950s, briefly becoming part of the otherwise impenetrable all-male kabuki establishment. Drawing on numerous interviews, as well as written and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-251) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1660-1704.
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Ichikawa, Danjūrō, 1660-1704 |
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Kabuki -- History
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Actresses -- Japan -- Biography
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Acting techniques.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Performing Arts.
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Actresses.
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Kabuki.
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Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230618589 |
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0230618588 |
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