japanese theater - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

1.

Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays

Book by Karen Brazell, James T. Araki, Monica Bethe, James R. Brandon, Janet Goff, Carolyn Haynes, Stanleigh H. Jones Jr., Ayako Kano, Eileen Katō, Donald Keene, Don Kenny, Jane Marie Law, Samuel L. Leiter, Richard Mckinnon, Carolyn Anne Morley, Mark Oshima, Royall Tyler; Columbia University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Japanese Drama--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

-- The Japan Times
2.

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

...Translations from Japanese. 3. Japanese drama 20th century History and criticism. 4. Theater Japan History 20th century...Horie-Webber, "Modernisation of the Japanese Theatre," pp. 148-149. The...Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955-1980...
3.

Pilgrimages: Aspects of Japanese Literature and Culture

Book by J. Thomas Rimer; University of Hawaii Press, 1988

Subjects:

Art, Japanese--European Influences, Japanese Literature--History And Criticism, Pilgrims And Pilgrimages In Literature, Theater--Japan

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 0-8248-1148-8 1, Japanese literature History and criticism. 2. Art, Japanese European influences. 3. Theater Japan. 4. Pilgrims and pilgrimages in literature. I. Title. PL715.R56 1988 895.609 dc19 88-21621...
4.

Japanese Theatre

Book by Faubion Bowers; Hermitage House, 1952

Subjects:

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

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...reconstructed by scholarly study. Japan, however, has maintained in a living form most of the traditions of her earlier theaters. Some Japanese scholars refer to 2600 years of continuous theatrical tradition. This is of course an exaggera tion. The simple...
5.

The Traditional Theater of Japan

Book by Yoshinobu Inoura, Toshio Kawatake; Weatherhill, 1981

Subjects:

Theater--Japan--History

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...under the titles A History of Japanese Theater I: Noh and Kyogen and A History of Japanese Theater II: Bunraku and Kabuki . The...separate volumes: A history of Japanese theater 1: Noh and Kyogen and A history...

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Manga Discourse in Japanese Theater: The Location of Noda Hideki's Yume No Yuminsha

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

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Manga Discourse in Japanese Theater: The Location of Noda Hideki's Yume No Yuminsha (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Manga Discourse in Japanese Theater: The Location of Noda Hidekis Yume...Wetmore MANGA DISCOURSE IN JAPANESE THEATER: THE LOCATION OF NODA HIDEKIS YUME...Japan make the work challenging to Japanese audiences and almost incomprehensible...
2.

Ninagawa Yukio's Intercultural Hamlet: Parsing Japanese Iconography

Journal article by Jon M. Brokering; Asian Theatre Journal, Vol. 24, 2007

Subjects:

Drama--Management, Dramatists--Influence, Dramatists--Works, Japanese culture--Influence, Plays--Management, Playwrights--Influence, Playwrights--Works, Shakespeare, William--Influence, Shakespeare, William--Works, Theater production--Equipment and supplies, Theater production--Methods, Theater--Equipment and supplies, Theater--Methods, Theater--Production and direction, Theatrical directors--Works, Theatrical producers and directors--Works, Theatrical production--Equipment and supplies, Theatrical production--Methods, Yukio, Ninagawa--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...revitalize aspects of classical Japanese theater that had fallen out of use in...device reminiscent of premodern Japanese theater. (11) At this point King Claudius...can be found elsewhere in the Japanese theater world. Takarazuka, the renowned...
3.

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

...dumb type. In Half a Century of Japanese Theater Volume II: 1990s Part 2. Edited...Swain. In Half a Century of Japanese Theater V: 1970s. Edited by Japan Playwrights...Swain. In Half a Century of Japanese Theater Volume I: 1990s Part 1. Edited...
4.

"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

...plays in the repertoire of Japanese traditional theater, especially of Noh, the aristocratic...and the Eastern traditional Japanese theater and drama. Whereas the belief...Recurring Folkloristic Elements in Japanese Theater," Maske und Kothurn 27, no...
5.

Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage

Journal article by Lois Potter; Shakespeare Studies, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Shakespeare and the Japanese Stage (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Writings" of Bunraku, Japanese theater literally deconstructs...comparative approach to theater needed no justification...know most about Japanese drama tend to be...other exported "Japanese Shakespeares" is...years intensive theater-going in Japan...

MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

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

Breaking the mold: women in Japanese theatre. by Misako Koike...intended as a representation of all Japanese women, who in real life endure numerous...red. The depiction of women in Japanese drama - whether in new works like...
2.

Japanese Avant-Garde Art

Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 260, January 2, 1995

Subjects:

Art, Japanese--Exhibitions, Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Exhibitions, Avant-garde--Exhibitions, Japanese art--Exhibitions

Collections: Entire Library

...appears to have made it especially attractive to a number of Japanese artists. It was relatively goodhumored for a largely oppositional movement, and it featured happening-like events, street theater, performances, openended concerts of electronic music, ephemeral...
3.

A Touch of Japan - the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Magazine article by Molly Arost Staub; World and I, Vol. 17, August 2002

Subjects:

Gardens, Japanese, Japanese gardens, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Morikami, George--Donations, Museums

Collections: Entire Library

...Associates, adds: "We reviewed Japanese architecture, particularly...Barretta, who designed the Eissey Theater in Palm Beach Gardens, the...nineteenth century. A 225-seat theater, multimedia resource center...strategically placed rocks; Japanese experts helped with the placement...
4.

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

...tradition, and is a source of pride for the Japanese. Young girls wear brightly-colored kimono...up the range of costumes used in Noh theater. Noh is a highly stylized drama based...images representing scenes from a famous Japanese book entitled The Tale of Genji by Lady...
5.

On Broadway: Musical Theater Has Tackled Racism for Decades, Albeit Covertly at Times

Magazine article by Sylviane Gold; Dance Magazine, Vol. 79, June 2005

Subjects:

Musical theater--Influence, Musical theater--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...century regularly put wily, double-dealing Japanese villains before the public? (Ugly examples...filmmakers started catching up, musical theater was by far the most willing of our popular...stuff. Sylviane Gold has written about theater for Newsday and The New York Times.

MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

UNESCO Chief Leads Cultural Fest; JdV to Honor Matsuura with Congressional Medal International Theater Leaders Join Festival

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 23, 2006

Subjects:

Festivals--Political aspects, Historic buildings--Political aspects, Manila Hotel--Political activity, Theater--Political aspects

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

...be participated in by thousands of local and international theater dignitaries, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said...and media professionals. The former senior diplomat in the Japanese foreign ministry started his three-day visit by meeting with...
2.

CULTURE: ARTS REVIEWS - Japanese Flair for Shouting Adds That Vital Edge; Titus Andronicus Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 22, 2006

Subjects:

Theater

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

CULTURE: ARTS REVIEWS - Japanese Flair for Shouting Adds That Vital...when I was reminded of those bizarre Japanese TV game shows beloved of Chris Tarrant...that it brings something from the Japanese temperament, a nervous excitability...
3.

Newfound Friends Dist. 25 Schools, Families Host Students from Japanese Town

Newspaper article by Sheila Ahern; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 18, 2006

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

...Kabuki is a traditional form of Japanese theater. It was founded early in the 17th...sophisticated, highly stylized form of theater. Kabuki plays and dances may be...was about 1600 to 1868. But the Japanese students werent just teaching Arlington...
4.

N. Korea's Other Affront; Film Documents Japanese Teen's Abduction for Spy Schooling

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 27, 2006

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

...opened at the Landmark E Street Theater in Northwest on Friday, recalls...kidnapping of a 13-year-old Japanese girl and its global ramifications...impact in Japan. "We thought the Japanese people wouldnt care about it...tighter while walking out of the theater. It also might make Kim Jong...
5.

Kennedy Center Raises Curtain on New Theater; Family Theater Committed to Arts Education

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 15, 2005

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

...accessible in the new Family Theater. The plays and shows themselves...about the experiences of a Japanese-American teen during World...Barry Denenberg, about a young Japanese-American boys experience during...Returning from the 2004 DC Hip Hop Theater Festival, the Full Circle production...

MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Japanese Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...form of 31 syllables. The Japanese have always esteemed poetry...also known as bunraku ) theaters. Plays by dramatist Chikamatsu...others pioneered underground theater in the late 1960s. Although modern Japanese poetry and drama have not...
2.

Chikamatsu, Monzaemon

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...profoundly influenced the development of the modern Japanese theater. Among his best-known works are the Kokusenya-kassen...Keene, 1961); D. Keene, Bunraku, The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (1965); C. A. Gerstle, Circles of...
3.

Enchi, Fumiko

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...The daughter of a well-known Japanese literary scholar, she first wrote for the theater, later turning to novels and...received numerous awards. Her modern Japanese translation of the renowned classical Japanese novel The Tale of Genji received...
4.

Asian Drama

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Chinese literature ; Japanese literature ; and drama, Western...Drama The classical Chinese theater developed during the Yuan dynasty...Republic of China in 1949 the theater (except on Taiwan) devoted...propaganda until the 1990s. Japanese Drama The Japanese No (or...
5.

Takemitsu, Toru

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Stravinsky , he was the first contemporary Japanese composer to become known in the West...founded, and in 1970 he designed the "Space Theater" for the exposition in Osaka. His best-known...the many evocative scores he wrote for Japanese films, e.g., Woman in the Dunes (1964...

MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-20

Top

Search the Library:

Collection(s):

Your search for: japanese AND theater

Found 15,894 results:

Books: 13,658

Journal Articles: 774

Magazine Articles: 775

Newspaper Articles: 667

Encyclopedia Articles: 20

Research Topics on: japanese theater

3 results - List All Research Topics

Books on: japanese theater

13,658 results - MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Journal Articles on: japanese theater

774 results - MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Magazine Articles on: japanese theater

775 results - MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Newspaper Articles on: japanese theater

667 results - MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Encyclopedia Articles on: japanese theater

20 results - MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-20

MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-20