The Columbia anthology of modern Japanese drama / / J. Thomas Rimer, Mitsuya Mori, & M. Cody Poulton, editors ; cover image, Akita Unaku ; cover and book design, Lisa Hamm

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (737 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.0952
• Soggetto topico: Japanese drama - 19th century; Japanese drama - 20th century; Japanese drama - 21st century; Japanese drama - 19th century - History and criticism; Japanese drama - 20th century - History and criticism; Japanese drama - 21st century - History and criticism; Theater - Japan - History - 19th century; Theater - Japan - History - 20th century; Theater - Japan - History - 21st century
• Persona (resp. second.): RimerJ. Thomas; MōriMitsuya <1937->; PoultonM. Cody <1955->; UnakuAkita; HammLisa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Japanese Names -- Introduction: The Prelude to Modern Drama in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) -- PART I. THE AGE OF "TAISHŌ DRAMA" -- Introduction / Poulton, M. Cody -- Kerria Japonica / Kyōka, Izumi -- Father returns / Kan, Kikuchi -- The Skeletons' Dance / Ujaku, Akita -- PART II. THE TSUKIJI LITTLE THEATER AND ITS AFTERMATH -- Introduction / Rimer, J. Thomas -- The Couple Next Door / Hakuchō, Masamune -- A Nero in Skirts / Tomoyoshi, Murayama -- Paper Balloon / Kunio, Kishida -- Fascist Doll / Sakae, Kubo -- Restless night in late spring / Fumiko, Enchi -- Japanese Women Playwrights: From Meiji to the Present / Inoue, Yoshie -- PART III. WARTIME AND POSTWAR DRAMA -- Introduction / Rimer, J. Thomas -- A Woman's Life / Kaoru, Morimoto -- The Man Who Turned into a Stick / Kōbō, Abe -- Ceremonial Clothes / Matsuyo, Akimoto -- Twilight Crane / Junji, Kinoshita -- Education / Chikao, Tanaka -- PART IV. THE 1960's AND UNDERGROUND THEATER -- Introduction / Poulton, M. Cody -- The Little Match Girl / Minoru, Betsuyaku -- Two Women / Jūrō, Kara -- Poison Boy / Shūji, Terayama -- The Dressing Room: That Which Flows Away Ultimately Becomes Nostalgia / Kunio, Shimizu -- The Earth Station / Shōgo, Ōta -- Living with Father / Hisashi, Inoue -- PART V. THE 1980's AND BEYOND -- Introduction / Poulton, M. Cody -- Poems for Sale / Hideki, Noda -- Tokyo Notes / Oriza, Hirata -- The Attic / Yōji, Sakate -- Five Days in March / Toshiki, Okada -- PART VI. POPULAR THEATER -- Introduction / Mori, Mitsuya -- Nihonbashi / Kyōka, Izumi -- The Rose of Versailles: A Takarazuka Grand Romantic Play / Shinji, Ueda -- The Sardine Seller's Net of Love / Yukio, Mishima -- Selected Bibliography -- Permissions
• Sommario/riassunto: This anthology is the first to survey the full range of modern Japanese drama and make available Japan's best and most representative twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century works in one volume. Divided into six chronological sections: ?The Age of Taisho Drama"; The Tsukiji Tsukiji Little Theater and Its Aftermath"; ?Wartime and Postwar Drama"; ?The 1960's and Underground Theater"; ?The 1980's and Beyond"; and ? Popular Theater," the collection opens with a comprehensive introduction to Meiji period drama and provides an informal yet complete history of twentieth-century Japanese theater
• Titolo autorizzato: The Columbia anthology of modern Japanese drama
• ISBN: 0-231-53713-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791034003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II