Theatre and Civil Society: The Theatres Satoh Makoto Created and His Interactions with Asian Theatre

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K00264
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 01070:Theory of art practice-related
• Research Institution: Kindai University
• Principal Investigator: UMEYAMA ITSUKI 近畿大学, 文芸学部, 准教授 (50505401)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 現代演劇 / 日本演劇 / 劇場文化 / 演劇史 / 文化政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study discusses Japanese theatre director and playwright Satoh Makoto and investigates the many theatres he has been involved in creating and his interactions with various neighboring Asian countries. Initially, the author planned to conduct on-site investigations into Satoh’s activities in China and the Philippines, but this became difficult with the spread of COVID-19. The author instead focused the investigation within Japan, explored the theatres that Satoh operates, organized the theatre-related materials in their collections, and summarized the investigation outcomes in the standalone work Satoh Makoto and Theatre as "Movement”: 50 Years with the Black Tent. The study considers how the activities of the Black Tent theatre company, including interactions with theatre in neighboring Asian countries, have been passed down to later public theatres operations and Satoh’s current creative activities. This book was awarded the AICT Prize.

Free Research Field

現代演劇

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究ではこれまで大々的に調査されてこなかった佐藤信の活動について主に資料調査をもとに明らかにしようとする点でこれまでにない研究と言える。研究成果をまとめた単著『佐藤信と「運動」の演劇:黒テントとともに歩んだ50年』では幼少期から今日に至るまでに佐藤が手がけた作品をリスト化し、詳細な年譜も作成した。近年の活動も含め、佐藤の創作活動を論じた研究書は本書が初であり、黒テントについても、その活動はこれまで全容が明らかになってこなかった。そうした点で本研究及び本書の刊行は佐藤や黒テントの研究をさらに発展させる上で意義のあるものと言える。