Kabuki's Forgotten War: 1931-1945 9780824863210

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Table of contents :
contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Kabuki’s Foreign Adventure: 1931–1939
Chapter One. Prelude to War
Chapter Two. Kabuki and the Manchurian and Shanghai Incidents 1931–1934
Chapter Three. Kabuki and the Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937–1938
Chapter Four .The Darkening Storm 1939
Part 2: Fruits of Victory: 1940–1942
Chapter Five. Kabuki and 2,600 Years of Imperial Rule 1940
Chapter Six .Confrontation with America and Britain 1941
Chapter Seven .Japan and Kabuki at the Zenith 1942
Part 3: Defeat and Survival: 1943–1945
Chapter Eight. Kabuki and Japan’s “Decisive Battle” 1943
Chapter Nine. Kabuki Is a Luxury 1944
Chapter Ten. The Agony Ends 1945
Chapter Eleven. War Plays in Kabuki — a Retrospection August 1945
Part 4 :Kabuki Outlasts the Occupation: 1945–1947
Chapter Twelve. Inventing Classic Kabuki 1945–1947
Notes
Sources
Index of Play Titles in English and Japanese
Index of Kabuki Actors’ Names in the Text
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