An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts

ISBN-13: 9781138278967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 262 str.

Terence A. Lancashire

Opis

Japanese folk performing arts incorporate a body of entertainments that range from the ritual to the secular. They may be the ritual dances at Shinto shrines performed to summon and entertain deities; group dances to drive away disease-bearing spirits; or theatrical mime to portray the tenets of Buddhist teachings. Terence Lancashire provides a valuable introductory guide to the major performance types as understood by Japanese scholars.

Recenzje

... provid[es] a much-needed overview of what Japanese scholars and performers mean when they refer to the genre, how it is defined and categorized, and when and where it is performed.' Social Science Japan Journal

Spis treści

Part 1 An Outline of Japanese Folk Performing Arts; Chapter 1 Introduction '” Definitions and Classifications; Chapter 2 Ritual Music, Dance and Theatre of Shintō Shrines: Kagura; Chapter 3 Field Music: Ta no gaku (dengaku); Chapter 4 Group Dances: FuryÅ«; Chapter 5 Floats: Dashi (FuryÅ«); Chapter 6 Spoken Word and Entertainments of Celebration: Katarimono and Shukufuku Gei; Chapter 7 Entertainments of Foreign Derivation and Stage Entertainments; Chapter 8 Folk Performing Arts Today: Contemporary Contexts; Part 2 A Directory of Important Japanese Folk Performing Arts; Chapter 9 A Directory of Important Japanese Folk Performing Arts;

O autorze

Professor Terence A. Lancashire, Osaka Ohtani University, Japan