[PDF.89px] Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese "Awaji Ningyō" Tradition (Princeton Legacy Library)

Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese "Awaji Ningyō" Tradition (Princeton Legacy Library)

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 | #3566063 in Books |  2015-03-08 |  2015-03-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.77 x6.00l,1.04 | File type: PDF | 338 pages

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||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| A much needed, study of the revival of Japanese folk a art|By Dr. D. J. Ashmore|Travellers to, and scholars of, Japan have always marvelled at the wonderfully intricate and romantic Bunraku puppet theatre tradition.
However, few writers in the English language have ever gone beyond the form of the art which is known to us today to look at the root and branch of puppet tr|From the Back Cover||"A major contribution to the fields of ritual studies, history of religions, theater, and the anthropology of modern Japanese society. The author writes in a lively, captivating style without sacrificing scholarly rigor. The 'transcendent' q

Puppets of Nostalgia is the first major work in any Western language to examine the ritual origins and religious dimensions of puppetry in Japan. In a lucid and engaging style accessible to the general reader, Jane Marie Law describes the "life, death, and rebirth" of awaji ningyo shibai, the unique form of puppet theater of Awaji Island that has existed since the sixteenth century. Puppetry rites on Awaji helped to maintain rigid ritual purity codes and...

You easily download any file type for your device.Puppets of Nostalgia: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of the Japanese "Awaji Ningyō" Tradition (Princeton Legacy Library)   |  Jane Marie Law. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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