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Article: The Folk Performing Arts: Traditional Culture in Contemporary Japan.(Review)
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- Asian Folklore Studies
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- April 1, 2000
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THORNBURY, BARBARA E. The Folk Performing Arts: Traditional Culture in Contemporary Japan. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1997. xxi + 203 pages. Map, illustrations, appendix, bibliography Paper US$17.95; ISBN 0-7914-3256-4.
Since the beginning of the century, the study of Japanese folk performing arts (minzoku geino)--familiar today even to the average tourist--attracted the attention of Japanese scholars of ethnology, folklore, anthropology, and theatre. Most forms of the folk performing arts, which originated in religious rituals, have remained inseparable from their locality. Some, however, have developed into purely demonstrative art forms. The ...