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Home / Regional / Asia / Japan / Arts and Entertainment / Traditional / Performing Arts / Theater / Kabuki
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- Chushingura - The well known play, as illustrated by ukiyo e artists. Each print is accompanied by a synopsis of the act which it depicts.
www.ukans.edu/~sma/chushin/chushin.htm
- Chushingura: Revenge of the 47 Ronin - Detailed summary of the most famous play in the kabuki repertoire.
www.ukans.edu/~sma/chushin/chushtxt.htm
- Everything About Kabuki - Pictures,sounds,videos, and news of Kabuki theater. (English/Jpn)
www.fix.co.jp/kabuki/kabuki.html
- Kabuki Academy - Mary Ohno's Kabuki Academy teaches and performs traditional Japanese dances and shamisen music, and also gives special one-session classes in kimono wearing and Japanese stage make up.
webforce.nwrain.net/kabuki
- Kabuki Theater - An introduction to Japanese Kabuki theater by contemporary artist Paul Binnie.
www.artelino.com/articles/kabuki_theater.asp
- Kabuki: Traditional Theatrical Arts - Discusses the development including sources of plays, dances, staging, and music.
asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/japan/kabuki.html
- Kunija Kabuki Ektoba - An illustrated manuscript telling the story of the founding of kabuki. (Eng/Jpn)
ddb.libnet.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/exhibit/okuni/eng/okuindxe.html
- Realism in Kabuki of the Early Nineteenth Century - A lengthy analysis by Paul Kennelly, using the 1825 Nombuku play, Yotsuya Kaidan (The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido). Synopsis of the play included.
www.arts.usyd.edu.au/Arts/departs/philos/ssla/papers/kennelly.html
- Shamisen - Music of the kabuki theater.
www.wsu.edu/~dee/KABUKI/SHAMISEN.HTM
- The Kabuki Story - Created to utilise the history of the classical kabuki theater as a tool in teaching about Edo period Japan in general, the site is full of information for all ages.
www.lightbrigade.demon.co.uk
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