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Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage: 1780-1830

Categorie	Theater, Toneel & Cabaret
Boeknummer	#338077-WC13
Titel	Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage: 1780-1830
Auteur	Gerstle, C. Andrew
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : British Museum Press
Jaar van uitgave	2005
ISBN10	0714124303
ISBN13	9780714124308
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, numerous colour illustrations, 4to.
Samenvatting	Kabuki Heroes is about collective participation in urban culture—on the stage, in poetry salons, in art studios, and in fan clubs. Focusing on the culture of Kabuki theater in Osaka and Kyoto, the book illustrates the passionate hero worship of actors by all levels of society. Just as now we worship celebrities both in private and in public—at concerts, theaters, and sports events—so too did eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Kabuki fans celebrate their stage idols. Most importantly, after the spread of new color woodblock printing technology in the late 1760s, a golden age of popular Kabuki culture was promoted far and wide with beautifully colored prints and books. The over 300 fine examples brought together in this catalogue reside in leading public and private collec... (Lees verder)tions in Europe and Japan and evoke a fascinating period when theater, art, and poetry were essential elements of social and cultural life.
Pagina's	304
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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