japanese traditional theatre timeline

Students and educators, feel free to use this information, but, please, do not use this timeline or the pictures for commercial purposes. You may create a link to this page from other sites, but do not copy the timeline to other sites. If you would like to see where some of the places mentioned in this timeline are, we have provided a map of Japan.

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Works consulted:

Traditional Japanese Theatre: An Anthology of Plays, ed. Karen Brazell, Columbia University Press, New York, 1998.

Miracles and Mischief: Noh and Kyogen Theatre in Japan, Sharon Sadako Takeda & Monica Bethe, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Associates, Los Angeles, 2002.

http://core.ecu.edu/hist/tuckerjo/kabuki.htm

www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/t000013.htm

http://www.fragrancex.com/Fragrance-Information/the-kabuki-story.html

Photos of Noh and Kyogen Masks provided by: Inoue Corp., http://www.pasar5.com/NOH_MASK/

Photos of Bunraku Puppets provided by: The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka

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