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Kabuki: Japan's Mega-Theater

By Laurence R. Kominz, Simon Shepherd (Editor)
Hardcover
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By Laurence R. Kominz, Simon Shepherd (Editor)
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This volume provides an accessible overview of the history of kabuki, Japan's 'music-dance-drama'. It traces the development of the form from its ribald, burlesque beginnings in the early 1600s, the creation of grand melodramas in the 1700s, through to 21st century experimental fusions with pop culture, and examines six popular works drawn from the 18th-20th centuries.

Along the way, it examines the development of star-driven commercial theater with blockbuster plays; the 250 year running co...