Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 4: Restoration and Reform, 1872-1905

Restoration and Reform, 1872-1905, is the fourth and final volume in a monumental new series that traces kabuki's changing relations to Japanese society during the premodern era.

The twelve plays translated in Volume 4 cover the remarkable Meiji period, which followed the restoration of the emperor as the leader of Japan. They reflect the years in which reform-minded leaders struggled to help Japan catch up with the West. Dramatists no less...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824825748
• ISBN13: 9780824825744
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 2.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 10.3"