Noda Manabu
   Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Arts and Letters
   Position   Professor
Language English
Publication Date 2009/11
Type Academic Journal
Peer Review Peer reviewed
Title A Brief History of Theatre Commentaries in Japan : Its Beginning and Its Modernization
Contribution Type Sole-authored
Journal Critical Stages/Scènes Critiques
Journal TypeAnother Country
Publisher AICT/IATC
Volume, Issue, Page (1)
Details The article give a brief historical overview of theatre commentary from the mid-eleventh century with an emphasis on the great shift between the style of commentaries before and after Meiji Restoration (1868) -- the shift from the gossipy and connoisseurly hyoban-ki to the modern, ie. objective and descriptive.