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Kabuki heroes on the Osaka stage, 1780-1830 / (Record no. 29439)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0824823923
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Author Gerstle, C. Andrew,
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Kabuki heroes on the Osaka stage, 1780-1830 /
Statement of responsibility, etc C. Andrew Gerstle with Timothy Clark, Akiko Yano.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Honolulu :
Name of publisher University of Hawai'i Press,
Date of publication 2005.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Pagination 304 p. :
Other physical details col. ill., col. map ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note First published in United Kingdom by British Museum Press--T.p. verso.
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General note Exhibition catalog.
520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "Kabuki Heroes is about collective participation in urban culture - on the stage, in poetry salons, in art studios and in fan clubs. Focusing on the culture of Kabuki theatre in Osaka and Kyoto, it illustrates the passionate hero worship of actors by all levels of society. Fans vigorously engaged in the creation of celebrity and fame for their idols, and thereby won their own moments of glory and glamour in the spotlight. Many of these participants are represented here - most of them ordinary townsmen, but also a few samurai and courtiers. This interactive nature of Kabuki culture is particularly intriguing: the actors themselves not only appeared on stage, but involved themselves in other cultural circles such as poetry salons. Kabuki fan clubs, on the other hand, performed formal rituals at the theatre, individual fans became amateur performers, while others created lavish colour prints and books to support favourite actors and spread their fame." "This catalogue illustrates that our obsession with celebrity is not just a modern phenomenon: in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Osaka we can rediscover many elements in common with our own times. Most importantly, after the spread of new colour-woodblock printing technology in the late 1760s, a golden age of popular Kabuki culture was promoted far and wide with beautifully coloured prints and books. The fine examples brought together here from leading public and private collections in Europe and Japan evoke a fascinating period when theatre, art and poetry were essential elements of social and cultural life."--BOOK JACKET.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term Color prints, Japanese
Form subdivision Exhibitions.
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Topical term Kabuki
Form subdivision Pictorial works.
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Topical term Kabuki in art
Form subdivision Exhibitions.
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Topical term Actors
Form subdivision Portraits.
700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR
Additional Author Clark, Timothy,
700 1# - ADDITIONAL AUTHOR
Additional Author Yano, Akiko.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Mode of acquisition Full call number Accen. No. Copy number Koha item type
Library of Congress Classification   Non-fiction OLUSEGUN OKE LIBRARY LAUTECH OLUSEGUN OKE LIBRARY LAUTECH   13/02/2014 Gift T 391 G31 2005 0034737 1 Books