From the Book - 2nd English edition.
An unexpected overseas response
Drama that transcends national barriers
From a comparative perspective
Theatricality, audience involvement and Hanamichi
The Hanamichi: its etymology and evolution
The dynamism of the revolving stage
The commoner's realm of pleasure
The sense of visual beauty
Yakusha, Yakugara and Onnagata
Gei, Kata and their transmission
The creation of "negative beauty"
Kabuki and the puppet theatre
The tragedy of "parting from loved ones and the anguish of separation"
Tragedies of implicit understanding and acquiescence
Kizewamono: living for the moment
The baroque theatre of Japan
Its place in the history of world theatre
From the nineteenth century into the twenty-first.
