EDO Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost

Author/Contributor(s):	Shimazaki, Satoko
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	03/24/2020
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater and its representations of medieval Japanese tales and tradition, reframing Edo kabuki as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity. Challenging the common understanding of kabuki as subversive, Shimazaki argues that kabuki instilled a sense of shared history.