1st Edition
An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts
By Terence A. Lancashire
Copyright 2011
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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Japanese folk performing arts incorporate a body of entertainments that range from the ritual to the secular. They may be the ritual dances at Shinto shrines performed to summon and entertain deities; group dances to drive away disease-bearing spirits; or theatrical mime to portray the tenets of Buddhist teachings. These ritual entertainments can have histories of a thousand years or more and,... Read more
Part 1 An Outline of Japanese Folk Performing Arts; Chapter 1 Introduction '” Definitions and Classifications; Chapter 2 Ritual Music, Dance and Theatre of ShintÅ Shrines: Kagura; Chapter 3 Field Music: Ta no gaku (dengaku); Chapter 4 Group Dances: FuryÅ«; Chapter 5 Floats: Dashi (FuryÅ«); Chapter 6 Spoken Word and Entertainments of Celebration: Katarimono and Shukufuku Gei; Chapter 7 Entertainments of Foreign Derivation and Stage Entertainments; Chapter 8 Folk Performing Arts Today: Contemporary Contexts; Part 2 A Directory of Important Japanese Folk Performing Arts; Chapter 9 A Directory of Important Japanese Folk Performing Arts;
Biography
Professor Terence A. Lancashire, Osaka Ohtani University, Japan
... provid[es] a much-needed overview of what Japanese scholars and performers mean when they refer to the genre, how it is defined and categorized, and when and where it is performed.' Social Science Japan Journal
