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197 Index ACRID. See Association for the Comfort of Requisitioned Industries and Draftees actors: drafted into armed forces, 26, 40; postwar return to kabuki, 40, 41, 42, 149; wartime hardships and casualties , 26, 27, 28 Adachigahara, 129, 165 “Adasan,” 96 admission costs, 25, 133, 136, 151, 152, 153. See also taxes on admission advance party (US Army), 12, 13, 14, 30, 37, 72 aesthetic of cruelty (zankoku no bi), 74 aiguma, 73 Aiki Minami e Tobu, 143 air raids, 11, 14, 25, 26, 30, 35, 85, 139, 146, 147, 148 Akechi Mitsu Toshihomare no Nokkiri, 145 Akoya (no Kotozeme) (Akoya’s Koto Torture), 64, 136, 149, 155 Akutagawa  , 10 Allied Translator and Interpreter Service (ATIS), 10 all-star productions, 84, 100 ambivalent characters, 83, 95, 107, 110 American embassy, xv, 30–32, 34, 35, 37, 82, 91 “American Who Saved Kabuki, The” (Kabuki o Sukutta Amerikajin), xii, 84, 97 “Amikawaya,” 110 Anuk Agung Anom, 116 aragoto, 173 Arashi Sanemon XI, 153 Ariyoshi Sawako, 126 arrests of theatre personnel, 17, 18, 104, 133 Aru Onna, 58 Aru yo no Seppun (A Certain Night’s Kiss), 187n. 12 Asada , 168 Asahi Shinbun (newspaper), 13, 37, 45, 69, 116, 148, 150 Asakusa Kokusai  , 147, 153 Asakusa   -za, 27 Asama-maru, 137, 140 Association for the Comfort of Requisitioned Industries and Draftees (   Senshi Iraku no Kai), 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 Association for the Examination of Entertainment and Culture (  Bunka    Kai), 59, 66, 149 Association of Japanese Writers (Nihon Bungeika ), 140 Ataka, 162 Ataka no Seki, 40, 137, 143 Atsugi Airfield, xii, 13, 14, 30, 37, 121, 148 Atsumi   , 20, 24, 39, 59, 67, 97 Awa no Naruto (The Whirlpool of Awa), 63, 156 Many Japanese play titles are known by both short and long forms. In most such cases where the short form is the first word or phrase in the title, the remaining words are given in parentheses , i.e., Akoya (no Kotozeme). Only play titles listed in Appendix B are given with their English equivalents. Famous scenes are generally given in quotation marks, even when they often stand alone as play titles, as for example, “Terakoya,” while the full-length plays from which they derive are given in italics. 198 Index Awamochi, 132 Ayatsuri , 144 “Azuma Odori,” 153   Sarayashiki (The Gang Leader and the Mansion of Plates), 24, 156, 169   VII. See Ichimura Uzaemon XVII  Kakitsu VII, 134. See Ichimura Uzaemon XVI  Minosuke. See    VIII    VII, 28, 100, 138, 153, 154    VIII, 136  Shinsui VII. See Ichimura Uzaemon XVII   V, 27  Tsurunosuke III. See Nakamura  IV  Tsurunosuke IV. See Nakamura  V Benten , 85, 86, 151, 189n. 34 Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami, 189n. 34. See also Benten  Benten-za, 147 Boruff, Capt. John, 52, 54, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 78, 150   (Tied to a Pole), 27, 138, 140, 148, 156 Bowers, Faubion, viii–xviii, 2–14, 17, 22, 32, 34–37, 42, 49, 71, 74–87, 89, 91–93, 95–102, 104, 106–110, 112, 113, 116–127, 131, 132, 148, 151, 152, 173, 177, 178, 183; and actors, ix, 27, 29, 75, 76, 77, 120, 121; on American imperialism, 116, 117; appearance and personality, x, xi; arrives in Japan, ix; assigned to American embassy, 30; Atsugi Airfield landing, 12, 13, 14, 148; ban on major plays, 96, 97, 110, 111, 112; biographical note in newspaper, 71; birth, ix; as CCD censor, 90, 91, 93, 103, 104, 151; censorship issues, 70, 71, 77, 109, 113; censorship personnel parties, 80, 81, 188n. 31; as critic, 97; defends kabuki, 71, 72, 73, 150; discovers kabuki, xi, 2, 4, 5, 15, 28; and Donald Richie, 79; drafted into army, 8; duties for SCAP, 31, 34; duties wartime, 10, 11; Earle Ernst comparison, 91; education , ix; meets Emperor Hirohito, 35, 36; financial status, xi, xii; dubbed “” 75; homosexuality, x, xi, 27; honors, x, 11; income and living conditions under SCAP, xv, 37; interest in gamelan, ix; interest in Scriabin, x; as interpreter, ix; introduces kabuki to GHQ, 78, 79, 80, 151; Japanese friends, 5, 9; as kabuki’s savior, xii, xiii, xv, xvi, 77, 123, 124; Kagotsurube criticism, 125, 126; lack of opposition to his policies, 109; Lafcadio Hearn comparison, 118, 119; language ability, 8; learns Japanese, 8–10; learns of “Terakoya” incident, 101; leaves Japan (1941), 8; leaves Japan (1948), 136, 154; leaves MacArthur, 89; lobbies for young actors, 86; love for Japan, 117; as MacArthur’s aide-decamp , 14, 15, 30; MacArthur helps, 78; MacArthur impressions, 32; marriage and divorce, ix...

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