Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--And Japan to the West

by Frederik L. Schodt

Book Overview

The unlikely history of early cross-cultural encounters between the West and Japan...

"Professor" Risley (Richard Risley Carlisle) introduced the Western circus to Japan in 1864. Three years later, this former acrobat gave many in the West their first glimpse of Japan when he took his "Imperial Japanese Troupe" of acrobats and jugglers on a triumphant tour of North America and Europe. Over the next few years, the Troupe performed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611720095
• ISBN13: 9781611720099
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"