Noda Manabu    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Arts and Letters    Position   Professor
Date	2008/10/08
Presentation Theme	A Brief History of Theatre Commentaries in Japan: Its Beginning and Its Modernization
Conference	International colloquium: "Theatrical Commentary: Tracing the Traditions" (Toronto, 6-9 October 2008)
Promoters	Canadian Theatre Critics Association
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Details	The paper is a brief historical account of theatre commentaries in Japan starting from the birth of hyobanki reviews of kabuki in the 17th century and its modernization in the late 19th century, focusing on Koson Aeba and Takeji Miki, the two representative and innovative theatre critics of the Meiji period.