Author: Kincaid, Zoe
Title: Kabuki. The Popular Stage of Japan
Description: London, Macmillan Company, 1925. First edition. Publisher's black buckram with gilt illustration and title, beveled edges. Top edge gilt. xvi, 385 pp. Illus. 1 color and 50 b/w plates plus in-text drawings. Sm. 4to. A detailed and thorough early study of the Kabuki covering: audiences, conventions, craftsmanship, school of acting, ceremonials, origins of Kabuki, Yakusha, Shibai,, Sakusha, Meiji Kabuki, and current Kabuki. A very good copy, small Japanese bookseller's label and date on front pastedown, plates sharp.

Keywords: , Asia, Japan, Japanese Theater, Kabuki,


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