Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2
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Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2

Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799

  1. 432 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Kabuki Plays on Stage. Volume 2

Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799

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Musashib
ò
Benkei 
(Onoe 
Shòroku
II), 
dressed 
in 
exaggerated 
aragoto
style 
cos-
tume 
and 
bold 
kumadori
makeup, 
poses 
atop 
an 
oversized 
vat 
of 
water 
and, 
with 
poles 
seized 
from 
two 
guards, 
comically 
stirs 
the 
heads 
of 
decapitated 
enemy 
soldiers. 
(Tsubouchi 
Memorial 
Theatre 
Museum 
of 
Waseda 
University)
comes 
flying 
out. 
The 
heads 
are 
made 
of 
stuffed 
cotton 
and 
are 
comically 
gro-
tesque 
rather 
than 
realistic. 
When 
the 
stage 
is 
littered 
with 
heads, 
comic 
music 
sounds 
again 
and 
UNTÒTA
and 
DONTÒTA
enter 
from 
opposite 
sides 
of
the 
stage.)
UNTÒTA
and 
DONTÒTA
: 
Raining, 
raining, 
raining, 
raining! 
It’s 
raining 
heads!
UNTÒTA
: 
It 
looks 
like 
murder 
to 
me!
DONTÒTA
: 
A 
real 
case 
of 
dismemberment!
UNTÒTA
: 
Good 
grief, 
what 
shall 
we 
do?

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Great Favorite Subscription List Gohiiki Kanjinchò
  5. The Precious Incense and Autumn Flowers of Sendai Meiboku Sendai Hagi
  6. The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest Sanmon Gosan no Kiri
  7. The Tale of Shiroishi and the Taihei Chronicles Go Taiheiki Shiroishi Banashi
  8. Nozaki Village Nozakimura
  9. The Revenge at Tengajaya Katakiuchi Tengajayamura
  10. Mirror Mountain: A Women’s Treasury of Loyalty Kagamiyama Kokyò no Nishiki-e
  11. The Barrier Gate Seki no To
  12. Five Great Powers that Secure Love Godairiki Koi no FĂťjime
  13. The Ise Dances and Love’s Dull Blade Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba
  14. The Picture Book of the Taikò Ehon Taikòki
  15. Glossary
  16. Selected Bibliography
  17. Index
  18. List of Plays