THEATER IN JAPAN By: Kelly and Maddy
Jan 05, 2016
THEATER IN JAPAN
By: Kelly and Maddy
KABUKI
Most Elaborate, Popular
Pretty decorations, costumes
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NOH
Lasts Long
Similar to a Musical
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BUNRAKU
PUPPET THEATRE
Joruri- does all lines
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PUPPETS
Size depends on importance
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STAGES
Kabuki- decorative
Bunraku- simple
Noh- platform
ACTORS
Bunraku- Joruri
Kabuki- troupe
Noh- zest
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CITATIONS
Hobbler, Dorothy and Thomas. The ghost in the Tokaido
Inn. Puffin, New York NY. 1999. Print.
Mitchell, John D. and Watanabe, Miyoko. Noh & Kabuki:
Staging Japanese Theatre. Key West, Fl Inst. For Advanced
Studies in 1994. Print.
Deal, William E. Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early
Modern Japan. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2006. Print.