East Asian Theatres

Opis

East Asian Theatres. East Asian Theatres: Traditions – Inspirations – European / Polish Contexts conference was organized on October 20–22, 2015, by the Polish Institute of Art Studies at the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology in Krakow.

This publication, in accordance with the title and programme of the conference, has been divided into three parts: Traditions, Inspirations and European / Polish Contexts. The first includes studies of selected stage genres, belonging to the East Asian theatre traditions, such as the Chinese xiqu theatre and shadow theatre, the Korean p'ansori theatre, the Japanese no theatre, kabuki and bunraku. The second discusses contemporary