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Reception of Opera in Japan
– The Edo, Meiji and Taishô Periods |
> Director
Takashi Marumoto
> Research Organization
| Researcher |
Affiliation |
| Takashi Marumoto |
Professor,Waseda University School of Law |
| Naoko Ito |
Part-time Lecturer,Kunitachi College of Music |
| Yuko Sekine |
Part-time Lecturer,Waseda University School
of Education |
| Yoshiko Mori |
Part-time Lecturer,Nihon University |
> Studies for This Year
During the first half of the last year, our research
focused on the Taishô era, especially on Chikao Kobayashi (a
translator of librettos at the Imperial Theater) and the reception
of works by Offenbach and Suppé at the Imperial Theater. Research
results were presented regularly during meetings. The need for further
research of the origins of the genre of operetta became obvious; in
the second half of the term we therefore began to do research on this
genre, especially Viennese operetta. This year we intend to continue
this line of work. We will be looking into a very unique way in which
opera and operetta were performed and enjoyed during the Meiji, Taishô,
and the early Shôwa eras. We will also investigate the relations
between these genres and Japanese popular culture, as epitomized by
the Asakusa Opera.
> Research Plans for This Year
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