“By this oath we set up as our aim the establishment of the national weal on a broad basis and the framing of a constitution and laws (Meiji Government qtd. in “The Charter Oath”).” This is the preamble of the Charter Oath of the Meiji government. This document was revolutionary in that it proposed radical change in a country known for its traditional ways. It is a list of hopes and dreams‚ including “all matters decided by public discussion‚” “all classes… shall unite‚” “that there may be no discontent
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Stephen Sondheim American lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim was born on March 22‚ 1930‚ in New York City. After early practice at songwriting‚ he gained much of his knowledge of musical theater from working with master lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. Sondheim’s contributions to West Side Story and Gypsy in the 1950s brought him recognition as a rising star of Broadway. His major works for the theater include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum‚ Sweeney Todd‚ Sunday in the Park With
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of 36 and the most known. Hokusai‚ born in 1760 in Edo (now Tokyo)‚ worked in Shunshō’s studio. Shunshō was a Japanese artist who is very well known for The Woman in Red (metmuseum). Early in his career‚ Hokusai painted a series of images of the Kabuki actors. After the death of Shunshō‚
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Japan Essay-Ishan Mann 8.1 The Land of The Rising Sun a.k.a Japan. Japan had a past of isolation and Japan was isolated in geography because they were an island. You might ask how did Japan move through isolation economically‚ socially‚ and Politically ? Why did no one question the Emperor on the choices he made politically ? How did Japan use a currency to trade and keep things organized in their economy? How did they keep everyone social in Japan while being isolated? This essay is about then
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known for his creation of the “Suzuki Method of Actor Training”. Tadashi Suzuki’s method is based out of Toga‚ Toyama Japan where he founded the Suzuki Company of Toga. Tadashi Suzuki’s method is one that is based from the acting styles of Noh and Kabuki which are originated from Japan and focus mostly on physicality and control. Suzuki’s method also stems from the theatre from Ancient Greece which Suzuki found as a parallel to Japanese theatre. Tadashi Suzuki’s objective in being a director
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Katsushika Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa is one of the most iconic works in the history of Japanese art. Presumably created in Japan around 1829-1832‚ the woodblock print was part of the Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series which featured ravishing sceneries of Mount Fuji. Being the first print in the series‚ The Great Wave off Kanagawa was a phenomenal success. Hence‚ Hokusai added ten more designs into the collection. Before the emergence of Japanese printmakers such as Katsushika Hokusai
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The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states. The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures‚ agriculture‚ and manufacturing in the country by consolidating trends which had been in the making for some time (East Asia‚ p. 279) and brought Japan into a unified and productive state which lasted from about 1603 until 1800. Urbanization‚ economic growth‚ and social changes were natural and predictable outcomes of the shogunate philosophy.
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imported from foreign countries. However‚ the Japanese have also excluded foreigners or foreign cultures. In Edo era‚ Tokugawa government forbade trading with almost all the countries. In one sense‚ that helped Japan improve it’s unique culture‚ such as kabuki‚ ennichi‚ and so on. The Japanese can enjoy it’s specific culture now for not having interact with foreign cultures so much in Edo era. On the other hand‚ the government oppressed Christians at that time. One example of the oppression is Shimabara
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Drama essay “Theatre has the capacity to transform our perceptions of the world we live in” To what extent is this statement true of two twentieth century theatre practitioners you have studied. The theatre has tremendous capacity to transform our perceptions of the world. Two theatre practitioners who had strong beliefs in this statement were Vsevolod Meyerhold and Augusto Boal. Both Meyerhold and Boal believed that theatre had the power to transform the way we look at the world‚ each displaying
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