Tonsuring the Performer: Image, Text, and Narrative in the Ballad-Drama Shizuka
This essay explores the portrayal of the famous shirabyōshi dancer Shizuka in an illustrated, hand-copied book (nara ehon) dating from the late sixteenth century. The text for the nara ehon, taken from a somewhat earlier ballad-drama (kōwakamai), describes Shizukas capture by her lovers brother and...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[2009]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 295-317 |
| Further subjects: | B
Daughters
B Tales B Buddhism B Illustration B Religious Studies B Allegory B Semiotics B Mothers |
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