Theater in China and Japan
E&I Program:
Asian Odyssey
Discipline(s):
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.
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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