

In this book, Odanaka and Iwai tackle the wealth of bunraku plays underrepresented in English through reexamining their significance on a global scale. However, bunraku lacks scholarship dedicated to translating not only the language but also cultural barriers of this work. Japanese Political Theatre in the 18th Centuryīunraku has fascinated theatre practitioners through its particular forms of staging, such as highly elaborated manipulation of puppets and exquisite coordination of chanters and shamisen players.

Travel Game: a play about endless proceduresĪppendix: Periodization of the history of Japan and its major geographical traits Nagawa Kamesuke and Horse Charge and Cape while Crossing Iga

The Kyoho Reforms and social contradictionħ The Genji Vanguard in Omi Province: The Osaka people are indomitable!Ĩ Mount Imo and Mount Se: Precepts for Women: Eros and politicsĩ Travel Game while Crossing Iga: Individuality on the margin of society Parallel worlds joined by “as it turned out”Ħ The Treasury of Loyal Retainers: Money can buy you loyaltyĬhushingura and the development of a national myth The Tale of the Heike and The Taiheiki: two archetypes of history The Japaneseness of the early modern Japaneseģ A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya Dōman: Echoes of a shadowy domainĤ Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy: The Emperor and the stability of societyįaith in the Tenjin and Sugawara no Michizaneĥ Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees: Re-appropriating history Japan in the political context of the eastern Asian waters 2 The Battles of Coxinga: The self-image of early modern Japan
