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A New History of Medieval Japanese Theatre - Noh and Ky gen from 1300 to 1600

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This book traces the history of noh and ky gen, the first major Japanese theatrical arts. Going beyond P. G. O'Neill's Early N Drama of 1958, it covers the full period of noh's medieval development and includes a chapter dedicated to the comic art of ky gen, which has often been left in noh's shadow. It is based on contemporary research in Japan, Asia, Europe and America, and embraces current ideas of theatre history, providing a richly contextualized account which looks closely at theatrical forms and genres as they arose. 

The masked drama of noh, with its ghosts, chanting and music, and its use in Japanese films, has been the object of modern international interest. However, audiences are often confused as to what noh actually is. This book attempts to answer where noh came from, what it was like in its day, and what it was for. To that end, it contains sections which discuss a number of prominent noh plays in their period and challenges established approaches. It also contains the first detailed study in English of the ky gen repertoire of the sixteenth-century.

List of contents

1. Contexts: Japan in the Muromachi Age.- 2. Forerunners of Noh Theatre.- 3. Early Noh and its Founders.- 4. Noh in Zeami's Lifetime.- 5. The Classic Noh Plays.- 6. Noh in the Age of Chaos 1450-1600.- 7. Medieval Ky gen.

About the author

Noel John Pinnington is Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of Arizona, USA. He has held appointments at the Universities of Cambridge, Arizona, and Kyushu. His recent work includes 'The Early History of the Noh Play: Literacy, Authorship, and Scriptedness' in Monumenta Nipponica (2014) and collaboration on the film adaptation of the noh play Kinuta, set in Arizona, titled Wind Well (2017).

Summary

This book traces the history of noh and kyōgen, the first major Japanese theatrical arts. Going beyond P. G. O'Neill's Early Nō Drama of 1958, it covers the full period of noh's medieval development and includes a chapter dedicated to the comic art of kyōgen, which has often been left in noh's shadow. It is based on contemporary research in Japan, Asia, Europe and America, and embraces current ideas of theatre history, providing a richly contextualized account which looks closely at theatrical forms and genres as they arose. 

The masked drama of noh, with its ghosts, chanting and music, and its use in Japanese films, has been the object of modern international interest. However, audiences are often confused as to what noh actually is. This book attempts to answer where noh came from, what it was like in its day, and what it was for. To that end, it contains sections which discuss a number of prominent noh plays in their period and challenges established approaches. It also contains the first detailed study in English of the kyōgen repertoire of the sixteenth-century.

Product details

Authors Noel John Pinnington
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2019
 
EAN 9783030061395
ISBN 978-3-0-3006139-5
No. of pages 225
Dimensions 149 mm x 217 mm x 23 mm
Weight 434 g
Illustrations IX, 225 p.
Series Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet

Theater, B, Theatre Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Theater—History, Theatre History, National and Regional Theatre and Performance, National/Regional Theatre and Performance, Masked drama;Comedy;Ghosts;Musical;Form;Genre

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