Kabuki’s Early Ventures onto Western Stages (1900‑1930):Tsutsui Tokujirō in the footsteps of Kawakami and Hanako
The discovery of Japanese theatre by Western theatrical buffs was very gradual, starting with the impressions of the first travellers and foreign residents who landed in Japan in the 1860‑1870’s, and slowly progressing with the essays and translations of the pioneers of Japanese studies. But, on the...
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Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies
2019
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| On-line přístup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Shrnutí: | The discovery of Japanese theatre by Western theatrical buffs was very gradual, starting with the impressions of the first travellers and foreign residents who landed in Japan in the 1860‑1870’s, and slowly progressing with the essays and translations of the pioneers of Japanese studies. But, on the other hand, the opportunities to watch the real thing were extremely few: from the early Meiji up to the 1950’s, only four companies tried to present on foreign stages productions claiming, rightly or wrongly, to belong to the art of kabuki. After a brief sketch of Kawakami, Hanako and Sadanji’s European ventures, this essay examines in detail the long journey of Tsutsui Tokujirō’s company (January 1930-April 1931), which triumphs in practicaly all the Western capitals. Neglected by the Japanese historians, Tsutsui’s work had nonetheless a profound influence on the European stage directors with productions relatively faithfull to the spirit of genuine kabuki. |
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