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Topic: Izumo no Okuni

	Amazon.de: Kabuki Dancer: English Books: Sawako Ariyoshi,James R. Brandon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Based on 16th- and 17th-century historical accounts, the author imagines the life of Okuni, the legendary temple dancer who is said to have almost single-handedly given birth to the art form of Kabuki as it is known today.
		The love triangles and quadrangles involving Okuni are as complex and deftly woven as any daytime drama, yet the novel suffers from a repetitiveness, possibly born from the fact that it was originally published in serial installments.
		The author's convincing premise, that Okuni's need to compete with the bastardized versions of her Kabuki performed by prostitutes in theaters adjacent to hers forced her to be ever more innovative in her choreography and performance, ultimately suffers from overuse and repetition that stretches the bounds of interest.
	www.amazon.de /Kabuki-Dancer-Sawako-Ariyoshi/dp/4770017839 (530 words)

	The Dance in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		No is more formal, and it is difficult to separate the dance from other movements on the stage.
		Kabuki was originated by Izumo no Okuni, from the Grand Shrine of Taisha, in 1603.
		The No drama was developed by Kannami Kiyotsugu and his son, Zeami Motokiyo, in the 14th century and was admired by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga.
	www.aa01.com /jculture/jcl-e/1000/1022.html (508 words)

	Sengoku Jidai Database - Okuni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Okuni was originally a miko (female priest, 巫女;) who resided in Izumo province (Hence she was known better as Izumo no Okuni, 出雲の阿国).
		From relatively humble beginnings, Okuni rose to stardom in Japan after founding the style of Kabuki dance (歌舞伎).
		Tragically, after Okuni's death, women would be barred from performing in kabuki theatres.
	sengoku-database.tripod.com /okuni.htm (54 words)

	Women of the Pleasure Quarters
		To create a well-ordered society in which there would be no room for the slightest possibility of rebellion or upheaval, the shogunate adopted neo-Confucianism, with its rigid codes of behavior and emphasis on hierarchy and respect for authority, as the official basis of government and the underlying ethical code for society.
		Okuni claimed to be a shrine maiden and shamaness from the Grand Shrine at Izumo (from where she took her name) though this may have just been an invention to give her an air of mystery.
		But no matter how rich the merchants became, they were prohibited from using their wealth to improve their status by, for example, marrying into a samurai family or moving into the samurai section of town.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/d/downer-01pleasure.html (10305 words)

	SeptemberKabuki
		It is known for the stylization of drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by its performers.
		Izumo no Okuni (1572-1613) was the main founder of kabuki theater.
		She was a miko at the Izumo Shrine who began a new style of dance in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto.
	www.asianwisconzine.com /SeptemberKabuki.html (355 words)

	Izumo no Kuni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Her father was a flsmith for the Izumo Grand Shrine and, consequently, the family served as well.
		Izumo was sent to Kyoto to perform sacred dances and songs.
		Incidentally, Izumo no Okuni introduced the hanamichi, the "flower path," or runway leading to the stage from the left rear of the theatre, crossing between the audience.
	www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/okuni.html (397 words)

	Anime on DVD
		No, there aren’t any nipples (there are a few nude bums), but there is a lot of ecchiness in the designs and Okuni is dead sexy.
		Okuni is a mysterious woman, and a sexy one at that, who knows a lot of information that she is keeping secret.
		Okuni disappears, Kyoshiro returns in comical fashion as the sword is sheathed, and him and Yuya continue on their way.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=1133 (1546 words)

	Izumo no Okuni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition to her founding of kabuki, Okuni in particular contributed to Japanese theatre in general.
		Okuni is a playable character in the Capcom videogame Onimusha Tactics.
		Okuni appaears in her traditional context but she also joins she fight against the Genma.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okuni (814 words)

	History of Art:The Art of Asia
		As the city of Edo had been newly built, it had no culture of its own; for its cultural life it was indebted to the region around Kyoto and Osaka.
		In the year Meireki (1657), Edo Castle was razed to the ground in a fire which also consumed the residences of the daimyo and the bushi and the houses of the local population.
		No longer were the garments and the externals the most important feature, but rather the ideal beauty that lay concealed within his sitters' inner being (see illustr.).
	www.all-art.org /history330-5.html (6959 words)

	Winter Study Paper
		Now, in a time where tradition no longer carries the importance it once did and where a modern globalized nation carries more weight in the public eye, Japan's cultural identity is being questioned.
		They were no longer the rowdy and intimate performances of the pre-Meiji era, but became more sedate and refined, and after the Emperor and Empress's initial visit, became a form of entertainment appealing to the upper class.
		Kabuki no longer has to contend with government oppression but instead has to find a way to become appealing to a new audience and compete with other forms of entertainment that have become increasingly popular in Japan.
	www.williams.edu /Asian/Japanese/projects/tracy/paper.html (3821 words)

	Anime on DVD
		She claims to be Kyoshiro's lover, despite the fact that Kyoshiro has no idea who she is. It's quickly revealed that she knows Kyoshiro's secret.
		Her face contorts in orgasmic bliss and she talks about how beautiful that Kyo is. Meanwhile, Kyoshiro finds a girl being threatened by wolves and protects her.
		Izumo no Okuni is the beautiful, dangerous woman whose scheming adds conflict to the story.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=45 (1059 words)

	Okuni: Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The god of Izumo has traditionally been regarded as the god of marriage, good fortune, and agriculture.
		In 1603, she performed at Kitano shrine and on the Shijo-Gawara (Fourth Street Dry River bed) of the river Kamogawa, in Kyoto.
		On the eastern slope is the temple Enryakuji, an important center of the Tendai sect of Buddhism.
	ddb.libnet.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp /exhibit/okuni/eng/okunotee.html (500 words)

	Summary of Ganryuu
		Hanami Yuuka – Izumo no Okuni (actress and founder of kabuki)
		Okuni is delighted to meet Kojiro, who bests her and her troupe at swordplay, and develops an enthusiastic crush on him.
		No sooner is the pair reunited, than they are caught in an ambush.
	www.conceitedindependence.com /ganryuu.shtml (1146 words)

	Kabuki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This actress was a shrine maiden for the Izumo shrine.
		The increasingly strict Tokugawa government placed certain restrictions on the drama, and soon outlawed the existence of women in the theatre.
		The stage, Kabuki no butai, rotates and is equipped with trapdoors so the actors can move frequently on and off the stage.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/I99grp2/kabuki.htm (212 words)

	Articles on Art
		Ichi no Tani Futaba Gunki is the title of a famous Kabuki play and means 'The Chronicle of the Battle of Ichi no Tani'.
		At Ichi no Tani, the Minamato (also called Genji) achieved a spectacular victory against the Taira (also called Heike) under the leadership of their military leader Yoshitsune.
		It is one of the old traditional forms of theatrical entertainment developed by a temple dancer, Izumo no Okuni, in the early 17th Century.
	www.artelino.com /forum/articles.asp?mey=9 (363 words)

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		Kabuki traditionally claims its origins in the dance of the actress Izumo no Okuni, in Kyoto in 1603, and soon became popular throughout Japan, appealing mainly to commoners, townsmen and merchants (the three rather humiliating social classifications of the masses).
		Another unique feature of kabuki is the hana-michi, a long passageway running directly through the audience at the left of center stage, and having principal actors make their entrances and exits along the hana-michi helps to kraw the audience into the performance itself.
		No (also Noh or Nou) is a type of masked dance-drama in which extreme stylization of the actors' movements and the narrative music evoke a beautiful, mysterious atmosphere.
	www.aug.edu /~cshotwel/2002HUMN/2002.Japan.htm (6640 words)

	The Ultimate Okuni Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		Okuni (出雲阿国: Izumo no Okuni, 1572?–1613) was the main founder of kabuki theater.
		She was an attendant at the Izumo Shrine who began a new style of dance in the dry riverbeds of Kyoto.
		She has ongoing romances with Goemon Ishikawa and Keiji Maeda.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Okuni (89 words)

	Amazon.com: Kabuki Dancer: Books: Sawako Ariyoshi,James R. Brandon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This novel, originally serialized in Japan in Women's Topics (Fujin Koron) from 1967 to 1969, is a depiction of the life of Okuni, a historical figure generally credited with giving birth to Kabuki, the popular Japanese theater form.
		The work is interesting in that it pays deserved homage to Okuni, who has been a somewhat neglected figure since women performers were eliminated from Kabuki early in its development.
		While the historical milieu of late 16th-and early 17th-century Japan is carefully depicted, the prose is somewhat flat, the characters are unconvincing, and events proceed matter-of-factly, leaving the reader with a bland impression of what history suggests were complex, passionate people living in an exhilarating and eventful time.
	www.amazon.com /Kabuki-Dancer-Sawako-Ariyoshi/dp/4770017839 (870 words)

	KOEI Warriors -> Sengoku Jidai Database
		Nagamasa had no choice but to return Ichi and the three daughters to Nobunaga, while he and his son would commit seppuku inside the falling castle.
		A 巫女 miko (female priest) residing in the Izumo province (Hence she was known better as 出雲の阿国 Izumo no Okuni).
		He was titled 鬼の半蔵 Oni no Hanzou (Demon Hanzou) Not only because of his superb skills, but also to distinguish him from another Tokugawa retainer 渡辺半蔵守綱 Watanabe Hanzou Moritsuna who was titled 槍の半蔵 Yari no Hanzou (Spear Hanzou).
	s13.invisionfree.com /koeiwarriors/index.php?showtopic=1614 (2856 words)

	MAP B: Uptown and Downtown Kyoto.
		Generally ten feet tall and thirty feet wide, it created not only a line of defense, but also a demarkation of an interior Kyoto city space from the surrounding environs.
		No traces of this wall can be found today, but vestiges of its spatial effects are still visible.
		Here is where an outsider community of “kawaramono” (literally “river people”) itinerant beggars and actors, whose sentimentalized history is exemplified by the life of Izumo no Okuni, the woman credited with founding Kabuki drama in the 17th century.
	junana.com /CDP/corpus/MAP3.html (203 words)

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	Terukazu - Chapter 9: Genre Painting and the Masters of the Japanese Print (17th to 19th Century)
		Edo at that time was enjoying a period of undisturbed peace which left its inhabitants free to pursue an ideal of elegance and refinement in all the arts of good living.
		The public responded enthusiastically to the new works and the publisher lost no time in issuing a commercial edition of these luxurious surimono (prints in a limited edition for distribution among friends), which came to be called nishiki--e ("brocade painting"), the effect obtained being reminiscent of fine brocade (nishiki).
		According to a book (Shin--ukiyoe--ruiko) published in I869, he was a No actor under the name of Saito Jurobei, and was patronized by the lord of Awa; but this legend is unsupported by any proof.
	kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu /studypages/internal/japan682/Ch9.htm (7353 words)

	Kabuki Biography,info
		Some kabuki troupes now use female actors in the onnagata roles, and the Ichikawa Kabuki-za (an all-female troupe) was formed after World War II.
		Chūnori: (riding in mid-air) Is a technique, which appeared toward the middle of the nineteenth century, by which an actor’s costume is attached to wires and he is made to “fly” over the stage and/or certain parts of the auditorium.
		As these “trick” (keren) devices have fallen out of favor many stages are no longer equipped to handle them.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Kabuki (1826 words)

	characters page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This pattern exists with several of the character's names.
		-- Indara was found surprisingly to be Okuni in book 8 but is revealed to be a "fill in" in book 10.
		This character has not been seen, only metioned in name.
	vsonsayian.tripod.com /id3.html (102 words)

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		He had no conception of how brutally far it would go in destroying those it believed stood in the way of its domination of the world.
		The book is long and is meant for those who are interested (as no book this long will sustain a reader unless there is initial interest) but should always be critically examined and compared against other studies about Tibet.
	asia.vacationbookreview.com.cob-web.org:8888 /asia_18.html (5697 words)

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		Faerytales seem to be an evolved sort of myth, where the focus is placed on the everyman.
	www.sequentialtart.com /archive/may03/ao_0503_1.shtml (1380 words)

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