Bibliography: Keene‚ Donald. Chushingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play. New York: Columbia University Press‚ 1997. Schirokauer‚ Conrad‚ et al. A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations. New York: Wadsworth Publishing‚ 2005.
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nation and prevented the influence by opening only one government’s port. Consequently‚ by controlling culture and society‚ Edo makufu could manipulate the time of trend and encouraged only loyalty from samurai with literature and culture like Chushingura. In peaceful time‚ the samurai’s position generated continuous questions‚ their functional purpose had been gone because too many sword was not necessary in peaceful time. Samurai took majority of officer positions and earned a stipend without performing
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interpreter and tutor. She improved his knowledge of the Japanese language. She eases the pain left by Leonor Rivera. Rizal and Osei – San are both theatre addicts. They attended some kabuki plays such as; • Sendaihagi • Manjiro Nakahama • Chushingura KABUKI – Japanese drama play People he met… Tetcho Suehiro • A fighting Japanese journalist‚ novelist‚ champion of human rights‚ who was forced by the government to leave Japan. TETCHO SUEHIRO • Became a member of the Japanese Imperial Diet
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-1 The Resilience Of Tradition When examining theatre and the various forms it has been subject to over the course of human history‚ it would be difficult not to mention the work and art of the Japanese theatre. Japan’s stylized kabuki form is a timeless practice in the theatre that began in the early 17th century and continue still today. This ability to preserve a form of theatre for hundreds of years‚ definitely highlights Japan as a unique locale for theatre. Although‚ when looking at all
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People studying Japanese could benefit from Jose Rizal’s method in learning a new language. According to historians‚ Rizal memorized five new root words every night. For those who do not know Rizal‚ he is the National Hero of the Philippines and he was a polymath and a polyglot. Rizal knew 22 languages including the Japanese Language. He stayed in Japan for about 6 weeks from February 28 to April 13‚ 1888. Just how good was Rizal in speaking Japanese? Was his six weeks of stay in Japan enough for
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Kabuki: A Japanese Form Japan ’s dances and dramas as they are seen today contain 1300 years of continuous uninterrupted history. This prodigious feat of conservation‚ theatrically speaking‚ makes Japan an extraordinary and unique country. In all of Asia‚ where tradition generally is sanctified and change eschewed‚ Japan stands as the only country whose theatre is its entirety has never suffered an eclipse nor undergone any drastic revivification or renovation. The most traditional form of
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Introduction Dr. Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonzo Realonda (June 19‚ 1861 ‚ December 30‚ 1896)‚ variously called the "Pride of the Malay Race‚" "The Great Malayan‚" "The First Filipino‚" "The Messiah of the Revolution‚" "The Universal Hero‚" "The Messiah of the Redemption‚" was an polyglot and is the national hero of the Philippines. To learn a new language‚ Rizal memorized five root words every night before going to bed. At the end of the year‚ he learned 1‚825 new words. He never forgets
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Eastern Theater: Japan Baracao‚ Gilda Mae D. Celis‚ Christelle Joy R. Cruz‚ Danisa M. Mendoza‚ Katrina S. Noh and Kyogen The earliest existing Kyogen scripts date from the 14th century. Kyogen was used as an intermission between Noh acts — it linked the theme of the Noh play with the modern world by means of farce and slapstick. The Noh was only performed to the high level class. Unlike Noh‚ the performers of Kyogen do not wear masks‚ unless their role calls for physical transformation
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The study of Japanese literature is usually divided into classical Japanese literature and modern Japanese literature. Line of demarcation is 1868‚ the date of the Meiji Restoration. Pre-Meiji Japan Tokugawa Period (1600-1868) = Period of Great Peace = Maintenance of the status quo = Domains and Daimyō frozen in status 1. Official ideology -- Neo-Confucianism Before Tokugawa period‚ Confucianism played subordinate role in Japanese thought. Confucianism remained a secular moral and political
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On Kabuki The Kabuki theatre is one of the three major classical theatres of Japan‚ together with Noh and Bunraku theatre. It was founded in 1603 by a Shinto priestess named Okuni of Kyoto during the Edo or Tokugawa period—the period of Japan’s isolation from the rest of the world. It started when Okuni started to perform short plays in the dry river-bed of the Kamogawa River in Kyoto. The word “Kabuki” is usually written with three Chinese characters: Ka (song)‚ Bu (dance)‚ and Ki (acting and skills)—thus
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