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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Miyo Asai |
| ISBN: | 0313306982 9780313306983 |
| OCLC Number: | 38879216 |
| Description: | xvii, 248 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Historical Background -- Artistic Growth Fueled by the Emerging Warrior Culture and Popular Buddhism: Cultural Antecedents -- Shamanic Beginnings: Dramatic Antecedents -- Shugendo Religion and Folk Dance Drama: Religious Antecedents -- Nomai Theatre -- Keepers of a Tradition: Performers and Cultural Setting -- A View from Within: Performance Practices -- Sacred Chronicles, Tales of Valor, and Humorous Yarns: Repertoire -- Nomai Music -- Drum, Cymbals, and Flute -- Poetry and Narrative in Song -- Nomai in the 20th Century: Balancing Tradition and Change. |
| Series Title: | Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 47. |
| Responsibility: | Susan M. Asai. |
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.,."an important contribution to scholarship....bound to engage the curiosity of any student of Asian performance, folk traditions, or performance studies."-Theatre Journal
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