Enter a Samurai: Kawakami Otojiro and Japanese Theatre in the West, Volume 2

by Joseph L. Anderson

Looking back to the last years of the nineteenth century, veteran producer-director Joseph L. Anderson draws upon a monumental body of research gleaned from libraries and archives in seven countries to introduce the Japanese theatrical impresario Kawakami Otojiro. In 1899, Kawakami, his wife -- the inspired dancer and actress Sadayakko -- and his troupe went on epochal performance tours of the U.S. and Europe, introducing audiences to new forms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604943688
• ISBN13: 9781604943689
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Wheatmark
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.0"