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Books on: (Japan or Japanese) and Drama

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Kabuki: The Popular Stage of Japan

Book by Zoë Kincaid; Macmillan, 1925

Subjects:

Japanese Drama--History And Criticism, Theater--Japan

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...largest No theatre in Japan, that of Onishi...Seikinoto, the music-drama piece, in which...remained intact. Japanese architectural features...popular theatre in Japan. There have been...unique form of drama which rigidly maintains...the life of the Japanese people as has...fascination of Japanese acting: but they...of the national drama of Japan. I cannot but express...
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Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960's: The Return of the Gods

Book by David G. Goodwan; M. E. Sharpe, 1988

Subjects:

Japanese Drama--20th Century--History And Criticism, Japanese Drama--20th Century--Translations Into English, Theater--Japan--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...from Japanese. 3. Japanese drama 20th century History...criticism. 4. Theater Japan History 20th century...millenarianism that drew Japanese theatre people...orthodox modern drama in Japan is shingeki...understand the nature of Japanese culture during...post-shingeki drama was trying to solve...life in postwar Japan was empty and meaningless...
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Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese Presence in Asia, Europe, and America

Book by Harumi Befu, Sylvie Guichard-Anguis; Routledge, 2001

Subjects:

Corporate Culture--Japan, Corporations, Japanese--Congresses, Globalization--Economic Aspects--Japan--Congresses, Globalization--Social Aspects--Japan--Congresses, Japan--Foreign Economic Relations--Congresses, Japanese--Foreign Countries

Collections: Entire Library

This book explores the social and cultural dimensions of Japan's global presence. Topics examined include Japanese multinational corporations, Japanese photography in America, and perceptions of Japan in France and Korea.
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Made in Japan and Other Japanese "Business Novels"

Book by Tamae K. Prindle; M.E. Sharpe, 1989

Subjects:

Business Enterprises--Fiction, Japan--Social Life And Customs--Fiction, Short Stories, Japanese--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...must take charge, particularly in international trade. "Made in Japan" is an attempt to break down the elements of the Japanese success drive into an action-oriented drama within a business context. "From Paris" gives us a glimpse of the...
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Japanese Communication: Language and Thought in Context

Book by Senko K. Maynard; University of Hawaii Press, 1997

Subjects:

Interpersonal Communication--Japan, Japanese Language--Discourse Analysis, Japanese Language--Spoken Japanese, Social Interaction--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...interested in learning more about Japan and the Japanese people will also benefit from this...of further study. The pictures of Japan and Japanese ways of communication given in this...intention to draw a picture of corporate Japan, or Japanese society, as being one big happy family...

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Journal Articles on: (Japan or Japanese) and Drama

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Modern Japanese Drama in English

Journal article by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 23, 2006

Subjects:

Japanese drama--Analysis, Japanese drama--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Westerners in Japan began to write...translate modern Japanese drama into English: J...Concerned Theatre Japan. Vol. 1, no. 2...144-213. 2 In Japanese Drama and Culture in...Continuity. London: Japan Library. Pronko...1984. Guide to Japanese Drama, 2nd ed. Boston...
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Trance and Transformation of the Actor: Japanese Noh and Balinese Masked Dance-Drama

Journal article by Kathy Foley; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 22, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Trance and Transformation of the Actor: Japanese Noh and Balinese Masked Dance-Drama (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...AND BALINESE MASKED DANCE-DRAMA. By Margaret Coldiron. Studies...comparison of Balinese and Japanese mask traditions (p. xvii...new data on both Bali and Japan that will be appreciated by...of these arts. Sources in Japanese and Balinese however, are...areas of interest. Bali and Japan are case studies that allow...Characterization in unmasked dance drama forms is intimately linked...
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Concerned Theatre Japan: The Graphic Art of the Japanese Theatre, 1960-1980 (CD-ROM)

Journal article by Hamilton Armstrong; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 19, 2002

Subjects:

CD-ROM--Evaluation, Graphic arts--Japan, Japan--Social aspects, Theater--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...have sought supplements to the scripts found in Goodmans Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s (1988), this collection is a treasure trove. To obtain a copy of Concerned Theatre Japan: The Graphic Art of the Japanese Theatre, 1960-1980 (CD-ROM...
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Chinese Nuo and Japanese Noh: Nuo's Role in the Origination and Formation of Noh

Journal article by Min Tian; Comparative Drama, Vol. 37, 2003

Subjects:

Chinese culture--History, Chinese culture--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Japanese culture--History, Japanese culture--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...officially brought to Japan and was conducted in the Japanese royal court, shrines...miscellaneous drama), and nanxi (Southern...popular in medieval Japan, (47) and there...Song-Yuan Mulian drama and the medieval Japanese Mulian drama. The Mulian stories influenced those Japanese didactic and prayer...According to Suwa, in Japan the premedieval...
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"Between Two Worlds": The Dybbuk and the Japanese Noh and Kabuki Ghost Plays

Journal article by Zvika Serper; Comparative Drama, Vol. 35, 2001

Subjects:

Ansky, S.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Kabuki plays, Kabuki--Criticism, interpretation, etc., No--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Dybbuk (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...traditional Japanese theater and drama. Whereas the belief in dead...ghosts is quite common in Japanese thought, such beliefs were...embodiments is very developed in Japan but not in Judaism, in which...Ritual in Early and Medieval Japanese Literature (Leiden: E. J...spirits and their treatment in Japan, see Matsudaira Narimitsu, "The Concept of Tamashii in Japan," in Studies in Japanese Folklore, ed. Richard M...

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Magazine Articles on: (Japan or Japanese) and Drama

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Guilt, Identity, and Japaneseness: If We Are to Love Japan, We Must Learn to Forgive the Japanese. This Will Never Be Easy, since the Japanese Do Not Seek Collective Forgiveness and Believe They Did Nothing as a Nation That Might Make It Necessary

Magazine article by Robert Fulford; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 113, Fall 2006

Subjects:

Japan--History, Japan--Social aspects, Japanese (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese (Asian people)--History, Japanese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Japanese--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese--History, Japanese--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...strength of these new allies; the Japanese title referred to the new...above all Manchuria, that Japan was then busy colonizing...hes bored silly, since Noh drama has never had a popular audience...before Teruos birth. Today Noh drama lives a fragile life, through...FOREIGNER discovers a different Japan. The word "discover" may sound odd (even insulting) when Japanese hear it from a Westerner...
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Breaking the Mold: Women in Japanese Theatre

Magazine article by Misako Koike; American Theatre, Vol. 14, April 1997

Subjects:

Japan--Social aspects, Japanese--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Theater--Japan, Women--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...women in Japanese drama - whether in new...illustration of what the Japanese psychiatrist Tako...further connotations. Japan is said to be male-dominated...Shingeki ("new drama") movement, modeled...the 1970s on, and Japan has no organized...cover-ups that oppress Japanese women. Some women...un-freedom" of Japanese men and their acquiescent...characteristic of Betsuyakus drama is the significant...in contemporary Japan are considered...
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The Anguish of an Alien: Confessions of a Japanese Christian

Magazine article by David L. Swain; The Christian Century, Vol. 112, November 22, 1995

Subjects:

Authors, Japanese--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Deep River (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Endo, Shusaku--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Final Martyrs (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...that if "that man" were here, he would do the same. The Japanese tourists are appalled that he puts the ashes of the dead into...spirituality is also uncertain in the pragmatic, materialist ethos of Japan. Still, an emphasis on the awesome mystery of godhead and...supreme work of literature. It excels Greek tragedy and other drama in describing mans struggle with the transcendent."
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The Japanese Kimono

Magazine article by Barbara Goldberg; School Arts, Vol. 92, April 1993

Subjects:

Art, Japanese--Study and teaching, Kimonos--Appreciation, Textile crafts--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...reflects the power of tradition, and is a source of pride for the Japanese. Young girls wear brightly-colored kimono with fancy patterns...Although the styles of the Western world are now commonly worn in Japan, the kimono is still worn at the New Year, tea ceremonies...of costumes used in Noh theater. Noh is a highly stylized drama based upon music and dance with a slow-moving poetic quality...
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Spellbound: A Return to Hogwarts Finally Gets a Dose of Magic; and an Affecting, Off-Kilter Drama

Magazine article by Mark Kermode; New Statesman, Vol. 133, June 7, 2004

Subjects:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Motion picture)--Movie reviews, Japanese Story (Motion picture), Motion pictures--Movie reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...and an Affecting, Off-Kilter Drama. by Mark Kermode...Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) Japanese Story (15) For those who...but equally off-kilter, is Japanese Story, an award-winning independent...which an Oz geologist and a Japanese businessman unexpectedly encounter...

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Newspaper Articles on: (Japan or Japanese) and Drama

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`Samurai' Remains Sharp-Edged Drama: AFI's Revival of This Japanese Classic Is Tribute to Director Akira Kurosawa

Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, December 4, 1998

Subjects:

Kurosawa, Akira

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

`Samurai remains sharp-edged drama: AFIs revival of this Japanese classic...earlier and won the grand prize, restoring Japanese cinema to international prestige in the...Samurai") RATING: No MPAA rating (made in Japan in 1954 and first released in the U.S...Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni and Mr. Kurosawa. In Japanese with English subtitles RUNNING TIME...
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Costume Drama to a Japanese Dream

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), July 18, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Costume Drama to a Japanese Dream. MORE than 50 different events take place at tomorrows...and 2.45pm, Parish Centre Manga - a visual medium originating from Japan - is the most popular form of graphic novel amongst young people...
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Film: Culture Clash in the and of the Blazing Sun; Japanese Story (15,105Mins) Drama. Toni Collette,Gotaro Tsunashima,Matthew Dyktynski, Lynette Curran,Yumiko Tanaka,Kate Atkinson,John Howard,Bill Young

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 4, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the and of the Blazing Sun; Japanese Story (15,105Mins) Drama. Toni Collette,Gotaro Tsunashima...with Best Actress prizes for Japanese Story by virtually every facet...of the company is owned by a Japanese businessman and when his high-flying...
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Film Audience in Japan Applauds Tojo as Hero

Newspaper article by Willis Witter; The Washington Times, May 24, 1998

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...On the other side, politically powerful right-wingers claim Japan fought in self-defense and to liberate Asia from white colonial powers. They argue that reports of Japanese atrocities are either fabricated or exaggerated. Predictably...tangentially. Primarily, it portrays a sentimental courtroom drama that lasted 18 months. It also focuses on Indian Judge Radhabinod...
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Millions in Japan Await Murdoch's Satellite TV

Newspaper article by Willis Witter; The Washington Times, July 9, 1996

Subjects:

Japan, Murdoch, Rupert

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...terrestrial television already carries international sports, Japanese drama and American movies with Japanese subtitles," said Nobu Hirotsu, international director of Japan Cable Television Ltd. "People are only starting to understand the benefits...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (Japan or Japanese) and Drama

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No , Japanese Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

NO , Japanese drama see Asian drama . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Japanese Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...language of the islands of Japan . See also Asian drama . Earliest Writings Although Japanese and Chinese are different...demand for fiction in postwar Japan has been fed by the prolific...are just a few of the modern Japanese writers who have attracted...range of subjects. In modern drama, playwright Junji Kinoshita...
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Japanese Music

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...imported from China, which the Japanese called gagaku, no longer...in the imperial court of Japan. It is orchestral music using...secular is the music of the No drama, dating from the 14th cent...part of the cultural life of Japan. Notable contemporary Japanese composers include Yasushi...international reputation, was born in Japan. See W. P. Malm, Japanese Music and Musical Instruments...
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Asian Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...continues to be popular in Japan while the No is restricted...and is often obscure even to Japanese. In the 20th cent. the Japanese...their influence on Japanese drama has not yet been significant...Bibliography See F. Bowers, Japanese Theatre (1952); J. J. Brandon...Waley, ed., The No Plays of Japan (1922, repr. 1957); H. W. Wells, The Classical Drama of India (1963) and The...
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Ronin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...were deprived of their place in the usual loyalty patterns of Japanese feudalism. The daimyo they had served might have died...story of the 47 Ronin depicted by Chikamatsu in his popular drama, they are a model of loyalty and self-sacrifice exemplifying bushido . In modern Japan, the term ronin is often given to high-school graduates...

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