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Japannequins : A New Bilingual Kyōgen Based on the Traditional Kyōgen Roku Jizō ( Six Jizō)
- Asian Theatre Journal
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 24, Number 1, Spring 2007
- pp. 124-143
- 10.1353/atj.2007.0020
- Article
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This introduction traces the playwrighting and directing processes in the creation of thenew kyōgen, Japannequins. The combined suggestions of producers, playwright, director, and actors created humor from intercultural bilingual frictions and depicted the discrepancy between the traditional and contemporary worlds.