Rising from the Flames The Rebirth of Theater in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952
by Leiter, Samuel L.; Boyd, Mari; Edelson, Loren; Sorgenfrei, Carol Fisher; Fukushima, Yoshiko; Hibino, Kei; Jortner, David; Kagaya, Shinko; Pringle, Patricia; Shores, Matthew W.; Wetmore, Kevin J., Jr.; Zheng, GuoheFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-09-24
Publisher(s): Lexington Books
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Summary
On August 15, 1945, when World War II ended, almost all of Tokyo and Osaka's theaters had been destroyed or heavily damaged by American bombs. The Japanese urban infrastructure was reduced to dust, and so, one might have thought, would be the nation's spirit, especially in the face of nuclear bombing and foreign occupation. Yet, less than two weeks after the atomic bombs had been dropped, theater began to show signs of life. Before long, all forms of Japanese theater were back on stage, and from death's ashes arose the flower of art.
Author Biography
Samuel L. Leiter is Distinguished Professor of Theater Emeritus, Brooklyn College, Cuny, and the Graduate Center, CUNY.
Table of Contents
| Tables | p. ix |
| Theater and Troupe Names | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Kabuki | |
| From Bombs to Booms: When the Occupation Met Kabuki | p. 11 |
| Playing for the Majors and the Minors: Ichikawa Girls' Kabuki on the Postwar Stage | p. 75 |
| The Good Censors: Evading the Threat to Postwar Kabuki | p. 89 |
| The Mitsukoshi Gekij&obar;: The Little Theater That Could | p. 109 |
| Performing the Emperor's New Clothes: The Mikado, The Tale of Genji, and Lèse Majesté on the Japanese Stage | p. 125 |
| Other Traditional Theaters | |
| N&obar; and Ky&obar;gen during the Occupation | p. 175 |
| Mitsuwa Kai vs. Sh&obar;chiku: Occupation Reforms and the Unionization of Bunraku | p. 185 |
| Surviving and Succeeding: The Y&ubar;ki-za Marionette Theater Company | p. 217 |
| Laughter after Wars: Rakugo during the Occupation | p. 231 |
| Modern Theater | |
| SCAP's "Problem Child": American Aesthetics, the Shingeki Stage, and the Occupation of Japan | p. 259 |
| From War Responsibility to the Red Purge: Politics, Shingeki, and the Case of Kubo Sakae | p. 279 |
| A Fabulous Fake: Folklore and the Search for National Identity in Kinoshita Junji's Twilight Crane | p. 317 |
| To the Rhythm of Jazz: Enoken's Postwar Musical Comedies | p. 335 |
| Appendixes: | |
| A Note on Kabuki Censorship: An Interview with | p. 361 |
| A Note on Kansai Kabuki | p. 371 |
| A Note on Takarazuka | p. 381 |
| Index | p. 391 |
| About the Contributors | p. 427 |
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