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Theater in China and Japan

E&I Program: 
Asian Odyssey
Discipline(s): 
English language arts
Grade level : 
K to 8

Students will explore then compare and contrast the Chinese (Beijing Opera) and Japanese (Kabuki) forms of theater. They will then create their own performance pieces based on these forms.

Theater in China and Japan (270.36 KB PDF)
Keywords: 
China, Japan, theater, opera, performing arts
Associated Art: 
  • 1916.1128, Sanjo Kantaro as a Young Woman Standing in a Wisteria Arbor
  • 1916.1154, Perspective View of the Interior of the Nakamura Theater with Ichikawa Ebizo II as Yanone Goro
  • 1930.205, Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin
  • 1930.206, Otani Tokuji as the Servant Sodesuke
  • 1940.720, Haze on a Clear Day at Stone Bridge (From the series Eight Elegant Views of Chanted Accompanimnets for Kabuki Plays)
  • 1943.44, Going to the Kabuki Theater in the Hour of the Hare (From the Series The Twelve Hours with Daily Events)
  • 1974.78, Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei, the Fish Seller from Sanya
  • 1985.332, Nakamura Utaemon III as the Monkey Trainer Yojiro (from the series Famous Kabuki Plays)
  • 1985.333, Ichikawa Danjuro VII as Kan Shojo in the Mt. Tenpai Scene, from the series Famous Kabuki Plays
  • 1985.354, The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II Dancing with a Parasol

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