The study of the scripts of Edo Kabuki from the Tenmei to the Kyowa era

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22820058
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese literature
Research Institution	Shirayuri College
Principal Investigator	MITSUNOBU Shinya 白百合女子大学, 文学部, 講師 (70586388)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,016,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,320,000、Indirect Cost: ¥696,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,443,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,110,000、Indirect Cost: ¥333,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,573,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,210,000、Indirect Cost: ¥363,000)
Keywords	国文学 / 歌舞伎 / 江戸
Research Abstract	Under the existing circumstances of Kabuki studies, researching playwrights of the second half of the 18^<th> century becomes hollow. Analyzing a lot of newly discovered scripts, this study focused on the activities of KANAI Sansyo, and revealed the specific situations of Edo Kabuki during this period, furthermore showed the view of how TSURUYA Nanboku IV was influenced by that in the next Kasei era(1804-29).