Noh theatre in Edo period: elite art and mass audience
Keywords:
Edo period, elite and mass culture, Noh theatre, Kanjin Noh, Machiiri NohAbstract
This article depicts different forms of Noh theatre in Japanese culture of Edo period (1603-1868). The emphasis is placed on the description and disclosure of the value of the sanctioned by bakufu large-scale Noh performances, which representatives of all the classes of the city dwellers were expected to attend. Firstly the meaning putted by government officials to such performances is disclosed; then some evidences of witnesses and analysis of evaluation of Noh theater art by mass audience are presented.
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2019-05-04
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2019. Noh theatre in Edo period: elite art and mass audience. Chelovek. 5 (May 2019), 126–139.