Masakatsu Gunji, one of Japan's scholars of kabuki, tells of its 16th-century origins and its modern stagings in this book. Photographs of famous stage scenes, special effects and classical performances are included.
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Masakatsu Gunji, one of Japan's scholars of kabuki, tells of its 16th-century origins and its modern stagings in this book. Photographs of famous stage scenes, special effects and classical performances are included.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. Book 224 pages. Hardcover, bound in rust colored cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Text in English, with illustrations in both color and black and white. Faint shelfwear rubbing to the covers of the dustjacket, but the binding is tight, the corners and edges of the boards sharp, and the interior is clean and clear of markings. Photographs by Chiaki Yoshida, with an introduction by Donald Keene. Revised edition of the definitive book on the subject.
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Illustrated by Yoshida, Chiaki. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 0870117327. 223 pages. Text in English. Chronology. Index. "Revised edition of the definitive volume on kabuki written by the leading authority in Japan. Contains 60 new color and 200 new black and white photos, featuring the distinguished senior kabuki actors and the younger generation that will succeed them. Detailed captions allow readers to follow the greatest of the kabuki plays and see how the various heroes and heroines continue to capture the hearts of the Japanese today."-from dust jacket. Book clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high quality copy of this lavishly presented work.; 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall; Kabuki Japan Japanese Theatre Pictorial Works.
