New Kabuki Encyclopedia: A Revised Adaptation of UKabuki Jiten

by Samuel L. Leiter and Jiro Yamamoto

Kabuki has been a part of Japanese culture for nearly four centuries. The plays performed today are generally selected from a classic repertoire that gradually ceased to develop once Japan broke the chains of its isolationist policy and began the surge toward Westernization. The plays largely reflect the values of feudal Japan, and they portray a world of noble samurai overcoming evil adversaries, adulterous lovers overcoming their dilemmas through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313292884
• ISBN13: 9780313292880
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 2.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"