Edo Kabuki In Transition: From The Worlds Of The Samurai To The Vengeful Female Ghost

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its representations of medieval Japanese tales and tradition, reframing Edo kabuki as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity. Challenging the common understanding of kabuki as subversive, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history.

• | Author: Satoko Shimazaki
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 392 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0231172265
• | ISBN-13: 9780231172264