Kabuki

by Zoë Kincaid

CONTENTS

PAGE
Acknowledgement		[v]
Introduction		[xv]
KABUKI
CHAPTER I
Kabuki		[3]
CHAPTER II
Kabuki Audiences		[9]
CHAPTER III
Conventions of Kabuki		[17]
CHAPTER IV
Craftsmanship of Kabuki		[28]
CHAPTER V
Kabuki’s School of Acting		[35]
CHAPTER VI
Actor Ceremonials		[40]
ORIGIN OF KABUKI
CHAPTER VII
O-Kuni of Izumo		[49]
CHAPTER VIII
Onna Kabuki: The Woman’s Stage		[58]
CHAPTER IX
Wakashu Kabuki: The Young Men’s Stage		[64]
CHAPTER X
Theatres of the Three Towns		[74]
YAKUSHA
CHAPTER XI
Danjuro and Tojuro		[87]
CHAPTER XII
Yakusha of Genroku		[99]
CHAPTER XIII
Yakusha of Horeki		[111]
CHAPTER XIV
Yakusha of Pre-Restoration Period		[121]
CHAPTER XV
Onnagata		[132]
CHAPTER XVI
Yakusha and Marionette		[144]
CHAPTER XVII
Lives of the Yakusha		[153]
SHIBAI
CHAPTER XVIII
Customs of Shibai		[169]
CHAPTER XIX
Shibai and Outside Influence		[183]
CHAPTER XX
Music of Shibai		[192]
CHAPTER XXI
Shibai and Interference		[201]
CHAPTER XXII
Externals of Shibai		[215]
SAKUSHA
CHAPTER XXIII
Customs of the Sakusha		[225]
CHAPTER XXIV
Representative Sakusha		[232]
PLAYS
CHAPTER XXV
Kabuki Play Forms		[253]
CHAPTER XXVI
Motives of Kabuki Plays		[276]
CHAPTER XXVII
Kabuki Rôles		[310]
MEIJI KABUKI
CHAPTER XXVIII
Meiji Kabuki		[323]
I.	Yakusha of Meiji	[323]
II.	The Ninth Ichikawa Danjuro	[330]
III.	A Theatre Manager of Meiji	[337]
IV.	Rise and Fall of Shimpa	[342]
V.	Reforms of Meiji	[347]
VI.	Actresses of Meiji	[353]
VII.	Playwrights of Meiji and Taisho	[358]
KABUKI TO-DAY
CHAPTER XXIX
Contemporary Kabuki		[367]
Bibliography		[377]
Index		[379]