The Columbia anthology of modern Japanese drama / J. Thomas Rimer, Mitsuya Mori, & M. Cody Poulton, editors.

Includes historical, critical commentaries.

Includes bibliographical references.

"This anthology is the first to survey the full range of modern Japanese drama and make available Japan's best and most representative twentieth- and early-twenty-first-century works in one volume. Divided into six chronological sections: The Age of Taisho Drama; The Tsukiji Tsukiji Little Theater and Its Aftermath; Wartime and Postwar Drama; The 1960s and Underground Theater; The 1980s and Beyond; Popular Theater, the collection opens with a comprehensive introduction to Meiji period drama and provides an informal yet complete history of twentieth-century Japanese theater for students, scholars, instructors, and dramatists. The collection features a mix of original and previously published translations of works, among them plays by such writers as Masamune Hakucho (The Couple Next Door), Enchi Fumiko (Restless Night in Late Spring), Abe Kobo (The Man Who Turned into a Stick), Morimoto Kaoru (A Woman's Life), Kara Juro (Two Women), Terayama Shuji (Poison Boy), Noda Hideki (Poems for Sale), and Mishima Yukio (The Sardine Seller's Net of Love). Leading translators include Donald Keene, J. Thomas Rimer, Mitsuyra Mori, M. Cody Poulton, John Gillespie, Mari Boyd, and Brian Powell. Each section features an introduction to the developments and character of the period, notes on the plays' productions, and photographs of their stage performances. The volume complements any course on modern Japanese literature and any study of modern drama in China, Korea, or other Asian or contemporary Western nation"--Provided by publisher.

Print version record.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Japanese Names -- Introduction: The Prelude to Modern Drama in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) -- PART I. THE AGE OF "TAISHŌ DRAMA" -- Introduction -- Kerria Japonica -- Father returns -- The Skeletons' Dance -- PART II. THE TSUKIJI LITTLE THEATER AND ITS AFTERMATH -- Introduction -- The Couple Next Door -- A Nero in Skirts -- Paper Balloon -- Fascist Doll -- Restless night in late spring -- Japanese Women Playwrights: From Meiji to the Present -- PART III. WARTIME AND POSTWAR DRAMA -- Introduction -- A Woman's Life -- The Man Who Turned into a Stick -- Ceremonial Clothes -- Twilight Crane -- Education -- PART IV. THE 1960S AND UNDERGROUND THEATER -- Introduction -- The Little Match Girl -- Two Women -- Poison Boy -- The Dressing Room: That Which Flows Away Ultimately Becomes Nostalgia -- The Earth Station -- Living with Father -- PART V. THE 1980S AND BEYOND -- Introduction -- Poems for Sale -- Tokyo Notes -- The Attic -- Five Days in March -- PART VI. POPULAR THEATER -- Introduction -- Nihonbashi -- The Rose of Versailles: A Takarazuka Grand Romantic Play -- The Sardine Seller's Net of Love -- Selected Bibliography -- Permissions.

In English.

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