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PAGE Acknowledgement v
Introduction xv
KABUKI
ORIGIN OF KABUKI
YAKUSHA
SHIBAI
SAKUSHA
PLAYS
MEIJI KABUKI
KABUKI TO-DAY
Contemporary Kabuki 367
Bibliography 377
Index 379
Onoe Kikugoro as a brave samurai woman mounted on a white velvet stage steed 22
Nakamura Matagoro, the leading boy-actor of the Tokyo stage in the r?le of a girl-pilgrim, O-Tsuru 36
Announcing Ceremony. Kojo, or announcement ceremony, in which the central figure is Ichikawa Danjuro. The modest actor whose name is to be changed or rank raised bows low, hiding his face from view. 40
The last of the Ichikawa family, the granddaughter of Ichikawa Danjuro, the ninth 42
Theatre Treasures exhibited. At the Nakamura-za, founded by Saruwaka Kansaburo, the gifts given to him by the Shogun were considered as treasures of the theatre and exhibited on certain anniversaries with much respect, the actor holding the gold sai, or battle signal, and covering his mouth with a piece of paper lest his breath soil it. 69
Ichimura Uzaemon, the thirteenth, as Yasuna in a posture dance descriptive of a man who has become demented because of the loss of his wife 82
Onoe Matsusuke as Komori Yasu, or Bat Yasu, so called because of the birth-mark on his cheek which resembles a bat. A bold, bad man of Yedo 99
Matsumoto Koshiro, of the Imperial Theatre, in the character of Townsend Harris, the first American Minister to Japan. A photograph of the intrepid Kentucky Colonel is on the actor's dressing-table 111
Nakamura Utayemon, leading actor of the Tokyo stage, in the r?le of Yayegaki-hime, the young princess in the play Nijushiko, or Twenty-four Filial Persons 132
Three onnagata of Asia: in the centre Mei Ran-fan of the Peking stage, to the left Nakamura Utayemon, the leading onnagata of Japan, and on the right Nakamura Fukusuke, the son of Utayemon and one of the most fascinating impersonators of women in Tokyo 136
Nakamura Jakuyemon of Osaka, an onnagata who imitates the acting of the marionettes 140
Yoshida Bungoro, a doll-handler of the Bunraku-za of Osaka, who has devoted his life to the management of female marionettes 144
A scene from Chushingura, as played by the marionettes in the Bunraku-za of Osaka 148
O-Sato, heroine of a ballad-drama of the Doll-theatre. Reproduced from an oil painting by an Osaka artist and shown in a Tokyo art exhibition. The doll-handlers are grouped behind like shadows 150
Yakusha making a round of New Year calls. In the foreground a member of the Ichikawa family, with two pupils and his servants, following behind an onnagata similarly attended. The kites in the picture show the favourite pastime of children during the New Year holidays. 154
Matsumoto Koshiro in the r?le of an otokodate, or chivalrous commoner, ready to defend the oppressed lower classes from the blustering two-sworded samurai 160
Nakamura Kichiyemon as Kumagae, a warrior of Old Japan 166
To mark the opening of the theatre season when actors, playwrights, and musicians were engaged, there was a gathering called Seeing-for-the-First-Time. 175
Advertising the Play. During the performances two men garbed in long trailing feminine attire, their heads covered with cotton towels, attracted the passers-by by their verbal advertisement. One imitated the lines of the actors, and the other handed out wooden tickets. 177
Face Lights for the Actors. When the theatre became dark it was necessary to illumine the actor's face with candle-light. Here property men are holding out candles on the ends of pliant rods that the face of the dancer may be seen, and candles form the footlights. The performer is the serpent princess in the disguise of a beautiful dancer in the piece Dojo-ji. 181
Ceremony of welcoming an actor. It represents the onnagata, Segawa Kikunojo, returning to the Nakamura-za in Yedo after an absence of two years in Osaka. 182
Nakamura Ganjiro of Osaka as a melancholy lover in a play of the people 186
Nakamura Fukusuke of Tokyo in an onnagata r?le 215
The largest N? theatre in Japan, that of Onishi Ryotaro in Osaka, a modern structure combining architectural features representing the different periods of N? theatre development 220
Kataoka Nizaemon, the eleventh, as Yuranosuke, the leader of the Forty-seven Ronin, in the play Chushingura 228
Nakamura Ganjiro of Osaka in his favourite r?le, that of Izaemon, the lover of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama, and played for two centuries by the Kabuki actors 256
Matsumoto Koshiro, the seventh, as Watonai, the grotesque hero of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama, Kokusenya Kassen, or the Battle of Kokusenya. The inner garment is bright red studded with brass, the lower purple with a design of twisted white rope 262
Matsumoto Koshiro, the seventh, as Benkei, the warrior-priest in Kanjincho. He performed in this r?le when the Prince of Wales visited the Imperial Theatre 264
Sawamura Sojuro, the seventh, of the Imperial Theatre, as Togashi, the keeper of the barrier, in Kanjincho, Kabuki's music-drama masterpiece 266
Morita Kanya, the thirteenth, son of the aggressive theatre manager of Meiji, as Yoshitsune, the young hero of the music-drama, Kanjincho 268
Onoe Baiko as the Wistaria Maiden, in a descriptive dance 272
Onoe Kikugoro, the sixth, as the transformation of a maid into a white fox, in a descriptive dance, Kagami Shishi, or the Mirror-Lion 274
Nakamura Ganjiro of Osaka as Genzo, the village schoolmaster in Terakoya, or The Village School, by Takeda Izumo 278
Ichikawa Chusha as Matsuomaru in Terakoya , who sacrifices the life of his son that the Michizane heir may survive 280
Jitsukawa Enjaku of Osaka as Gonta in the sacrifice play, Sembonzakura, by Takeda Izumo 282
Ichikawa Sadanji as Sadakura, the highwayman, in the play Chushingura 284
The Harakiri scene from Chushingura 286
Scene from Yotsuya Kaidan, or The Ghost of Yotsuya, by Namboku Tsuruya. Onoe Baiko is seen as the disfigured O-Iwa, and Onoe Matsusuke the kind old masseur who holds up the mirror that she may learn the truth 294
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