Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / H. Johnson and J. C. Jaffe -- Introduction / Henry Johnson and Jerry C. Jaffe -- 1. Ink Traces Of The Dancing Calligraphers: Zen-Ei Sho In Japan Today / Roy Starrs -- 2. Taiko Today: Performing Soundscapes, Landscapes And Identities / Millie Creighton -- 3. Miki’s ‘Autumn Fantasy’ (1980): International, Japanese Or Asian? / Kimi Coaldrake -- 4. Beyond The Court: A Challenge To The Gagaku Tradition In The‘Reconstruction Project’ Of The National Theatre / Terauchi Naoko -- 5. Spring Day, Stone Age And The Search For An Essential Japan By Koike Hiroshi / Jerry C. Jaffe -- 6. Shakespeare On Show In Japan: An Anthropological Analysis Of Cultural Display / Joy Hendry -- 7. Twenty-First-Century Enjoyment Plaza: Private Space And Contemporary Art In Mori’s World / Peter Eckersall -- 8. Performing Identity In Yaeyama: The Case Of The Sash / Amanda Mayer Stinchecum -- 9. Recontextualizing Eisa: Transformations In Religious, Competition, Festival And Tourism Contexts / Henry Johnson -- 10. Local Performance Of Global Sound: More Than The Musical In Japanese Hardcore Rock / Jennifer Milioto Matsue -- 11. When Is Japanese, Japanese? A Tale Of Two Musicians / Terence Lancashire -- 12. Internalizing Digital Phenomena: The ‘Performing’ Body At The Intersection Of Japanese Culture And Technology / Yuji Sone -- 13. Rising Sun, Setting Trends: Fashioning Britishness In, And For, Japan / Alison L. Goodrum -- Index / H. Johnson and J. C. Jaffe -- Plates / H. Johnson and J. C. Jaffe.

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For the first time, using an interdisciplinary, theoretical and ethnographic approach, the editors have brought together a rich collection of current research on contemporary Japanese performance practices. Topics covered include theatre, music, art, fashion and technology, media, architecture and tourism. Well illustrated, Performing Japan will provide added-value in introductory courses on the Japanese language, history, or culture, as well as Asian Studies in general. In addition, it offers valuable comparative references in the context of theatre, music and dance classes which either introduce Japanese forms or focus entirely on the performing traditions of Japan. The fourteen contributors include Joy hendry, Roy Starrs, Peter Eckersall, Kimi Coaldrake, Henry Johnson and Jerry C. Jaffe.