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Nōmai dance drama : a surviving spirit of medieval Japan
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Nōmai dance drama : a surviving spirit of medieval Japan

Author: Susan Miyo Asai
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Series: Contributions to the study of music and dance, no. 47.
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Nomai dance drama is a performing tradition from the district of Higashidorimura that dates from medieval Japan. This study highlights the social and cultural value nomai has for the people who  Read more...

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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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