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Joruri as Living Theater: Representations of Women in the Golden Age of Joruri in Early Modern Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13068
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02010:Japanese literature-related
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

高井 詩穂  早稲田大学, 文学学術院, 准教授 (60813780)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
KeywordsPuppet theater / Female performers / Representation of women / Adaptation / Performance / Puppet Theater / Representation of Women / Popular Culture
Outline of Research at the Start

芸能やパフォーマンス研究は近年いっそうの注目を集めているが、その一方、海外での人形浄瑠璃の研究は能や歌舞伎の研究と比べてまだ比較的少ない。そこで本研究では、テクストと画像資料の双方から、人形浄瑠璃最盛期である十八世紀の浄瑠璃作品における女性像(継母、遊女など)を検証し、当時多くの人に親しまれた大衆芸能や大衆文学作品としての人形浄瑠璃の近世社会における役割(民衆教育、娯楽、社会批判など)を考察する。最終的に、比較文化的視点から分析した英語での研究書の出版を目標とし、国際的な演劇研究や大衆文化研究、近世研究など、様々な分野の研究への貢献を目指す。

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

In the research in AY2023, I continued to develop my research into the historical roles of the female performers (especially female gidayu chanters) and their potential development in the future. Based on the presentation "From Transgression to Culture: The Roles of Female Gidayu Joruri Performers in the Male-Dominant Traditional Performative Arts" I made in November 2022, I started conversation with international scholars of theater to discuss for exploring the topic of traditional theater and gender. I also revised the paper I presented at the Association for Asian Studies 2023 Annual Conference (Boston, USA) in March 2023 for a publication in an international journal issue to be published in 2025.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.

Reason

Unfortunately, I was not able to meet the deadline for submitting the revised conference paper "From Transgression to Culture: The Roles of Female Gidayu Joruri Performers in the Male-Dominant Traditional Performative Arts" for the journal issue for AY2023 due to delay in collecting necessary research materials. Also, the international and interdisciplinary panel on representations of mothers in East Asian literature and theater that we proposed for the AY2024 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Seattle was unfortunately not accepted. As a result, although I did attend the conference as a non-presenter, I missed opportunity to present and get feedback on our studies.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

As I mentioned in my report for AY2023, I extended my research period for two years. With the connections I was able to build with international scholars at the AAS conference in AY2023 (such as a kabuki scholar Prof. Maki Isaka, Beijing Opera scholar Prof. Guanda Wu, and a Japanese scholar on womanhood Prof. Aiko Tanaka), I will continue developing my research on female performers in joruri and submit the revised paper on the topic within AY2024. I would also like to revise our potential panel on motherhood for a different international conference.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Transmitting Myth and Magic: Early Modern Adaptations of the Dojoji Legend in Joruri Puppet Plays2021

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Takai
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies : PAJLS

      Volume: 20 Pages: 63-73

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] 「大蛇から貞女へ:道成寺もの人形浄瑠璃に描かれた清姫像」2020

    • Author(s)
      高井 詩穂
    • Journal Title

      早稲田大学ジェンダー研究所紀要『ジェンダー研究21』

      Volume: 9 Pages: 21-44

    • NAID

      120007189371

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Staging Tragedy: Reinventing Rural Landscape in Imoseyama Onna Teikin (1771)2023

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Takai
    • Organizer
      The Association for Asian Studies 2023 Annual Conference (Boston, USA)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] From Transgression to Culture: The Roles of Female Gidayu Joruri Performers in the Male-Dominant Traditional Performative Arts2022

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Takai
    • Organizer
      The 16th Annual Conference on Asian Studies (Palacky University Olomouc, the Czech Republic)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “From a Monster to a Filial Heroine: Adapting the Dojoji Legend in Joruri Puppet Plays”2019

    • Author(s)
      Shiho Takai
    • Organizer
      The Third European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) Conference in Japan
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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