The renaissance of puppetry in modernism

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370164
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Art at large
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Yamaguchi Yoko 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 准教授 (00273201)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: エドワード・ゴードン・クレイグ / 人形劇 / モダニズム / 文化接触 / 身体文化 / 野口米次郎 / 坪内士行 / 文楽

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main purpose of this research is to focus on the activity of Edward Gordon Craig who played a major role for renaissance of puppetry in modernism especially in the German-speaking countries, which were closely connected with him. Valuable materials could be obtained by investigations at domestic and foreign libraries and archives. In the process of the investigation I uncovered complex networks of modernism spanning Japan, Europe and the United States. I found also an entirely unexpected mutual influence between Craig's concept on puppetry and Japanese bunraku. In relation with this topic, peer-reviewed papers in both English and Japanese have been published or accepted.

Free Research Field

ドイツ文学