2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Acting and Direction of Yaro kabuki Using Overseas Pictoral Material
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21520228
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese literature
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| Research Institution | National Institute of Japanese Literature |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKEI Kyozo 国文学研究資料館, 名誉教授 (60105567)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 近世文学 / 歌舞伎 |
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| Research Abstract |
Pictorial material is regarded as important for the study of acting and direction of Yaro kabuki. A great number of such pictorial materials are owned by museums and libraries overseas. Through field work research, I was able to show some of the actual conditions of early kabuki. I feel that the discovery of the oldest edition of “Yakusha Ye-zukushi”, which contains many pictures from kabuki stages of the latter half of the 17th century, at the Chicago museum, has greatly contributed to the field of study. Through this study, I was able to suggest that the fundamental character of kabuki considers the depiction of fashionable customs as important
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Research Products
(12 results)
