Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 1: Brilliance and Bravado, 1697-1766

Kabuki Plays On Stage represents a monumental achievement in Japanese theatre studies, being the first collection of kabuki play translations to be published in twenty-five years. Fifty-one plays, published in four volumes, vividly trace kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era.

Volume 1 consists of thirteen plays that showcase early kabuki's scintillating and boisterous styles of performance and illustrates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824824032
• ISBN13: 9780824824037
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.7" x 9.9"