Music in Bunraku and Kabuki: Why Singing Stories makes Japanese Theatre unique

Alison Tokita

Music in Bunraku and Kabuki: Why Singing Stories makes Japanese Theatre unique

Japanese Studies

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Abstract

Japanese theatre offers a brilliant and extravagant spectacle through its stylized movements and dances, its costumes and exaggerated speech- and its music. This essay explores the origins of story-singing, which led to the development of two of Japan's most famous theatre forms, Bunraku and Kabuki.

Original language	English
Type	Essay commissioned by Toshiba International Foundation for Japan-Insights.
Media of output	Internet
Publisher	Toshiba International Foundation
Number of pages	33
Place of Publication	Tokyo
Publication status	Published - 26 Jan 2021

Keywords

bunraku
kabuki
music
storytelling
story-singing

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