Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost /

Shimazaki, Satoko,

Edo kabuki in transition : from the worlds of the samurai to the vengeful female ghost / Satoko Shimazaki. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xiii, 372 pages ): illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- The birth of Edo kabuki -- Presenting the past: Edo kabuki and the creation of community -- The beginning of the end of Edo kabuki: Yotsuya Kaidan in 1825 -- Overturning the world: the treasury of loyal retainers and Yotsuya Kaidan -- Shades of jealousy: the body of the female ghost -- The end of the world: figures of the ubume and the breakdown of theater tradition -- The modern rebirth of kabuki -- Another history: Yotsuya Kaidan on stage and page.



9780231540520


Kabuki--History--19th century.
Japanese drama--History and criticism.--Edo period, 1600-1868


Electronic Books.

PN2924 / .E365 2016