Description
This book is an annotated collection of English-language documents by foreigners writing about Japan's kabuki theatre in the half-century after the country was opened to the West in 1853. Using memoirs, travelogues, diaries, letters, and reference books, it contains all significant writing about kabuki by foreigners during the full Meiji period.
Author: Samuel L. Leiter
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 11/30/2022
Pages: 438
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d
ISBN13: 9781666926781
ISBN10: 1666926787
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | Asian Studies
- Performing Arts | Theater | History & Criticism
About the Author
Samuel L. Leiter is professor emeritus of theater at Brooklyn College, CUNY.