Henry Black: On Stage in Meiji Japan

by Ian McArthur

Unique among foreigners in 19th-century Japan, Australian-born professional storyteller (rakugoka) Henry Black (1858-1923) enthralled audiences with his adaptations of novels by Charles Dickens, Mary Braddon, and Fortune de Boisgobey. These tales, later produced as books, brought notions of European modernity to many ordinary Japanese. Henry Black also acted kabuki roles, managed an orchestra, performed magic and hypnotism, lived with his Japanese...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921867507
• ISBN13: 9781921867507
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Monash University Publishing
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"