Shakespeare in JapanSince the late Meiji period, Shakespeare has held a central place in Japanese literary culture. This account explores the conditions of Shakespeare's reception and assimilation. It considers the problems of translation both cultural and linguistic, and includes an extensive illustrated survey of the most significant Shakespearean productions and adaptations, and the contrasting responses of Japanese and Western critics. |
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... became a prolific playwright in his own right , and many of his plays became part of the permanent Kabuki repertoire . This apparently curious and not always comfortable coexist- ence of the old and the new , the indigenous and the ...
... became a prolific playwright in his own right , and many of his plays became part of the permanent Kabuki repertoire . This apparently curious and not always comfortable coexist- ence of the old and the new , the indigenous and the ...
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... became more common for as many as three puppeteers to handle one puppet. Today all of the puppets, except those representing very minor characters, are manipulated by three puppeteers. The mas- ter puppeteer is responsible for the head ...
... became more common for as many as three puppeteers to handle one puppet. Today all of the puppets, except those representing very minor characters, are manipulated by three puppeteers. The mas- ter puppeteer is responsible for the head ...
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... became the president of the University of Tokyo and the Minister of Education, and Suematsu Kencho (1855–1920), who had also studied in Great Britain and eventually became a very influential politician, published their opinions11 about ...
... became the president of the University of Tokyo and the Minister of Education, and Suematsu Kencho (1855–1920), who had also studied in Great Britain and eventually became a very influential politician, published their opinions11 about ...
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... became the Minister of Education as well as the president of Waseda University (where Shoyo taught for many years), refuted the reformers and rightly pointed out the dramatic importance of hanamichi. He also 19 Shakespeare and ...
... became the Minister of Education as well as the president of Waseda University (where Shoyo taught for many years), refuted the reformers and rightly pointed out the dramatic importance of hanamichi. He also 19 Shakespeare and ...
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... became the core of the curriculum in Shoyo's conservatoire. But although these dramatists were new to Japan, Shakespeare was certainly not new in the way that Ibsen was new. According to Shoyo, Shakespeare represented Western romantic ...
... became the core of the curriculum in Shoyo's conservatoire. But although these dramatists were new to Japan, Shakespeare was certainly not new in the way that Ibsen was new. According to Shoyo, Shakespeare represented Western romantic ...
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