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Identity Politics in Okinawan Kumiodori: Mekarushi and Hana no Maboroshi (Vision of Flowers)
- Asian Theatre Journal
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 34, Number 2, Fall 2017
- pp. 322-346
- 10.1353/atj.2017.0025
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Abstract:
This article compares two Okinawan kumiodori plays, Mekarushi (Master Mekarushi), written in 1719, and Hana no Maboroshi (Vision of Flowers), written in 2007, to explore how the genre has provided an effective venue for exploring identity politics throughout Okinawan history.