Shimpa, anyone?

Peter B. High j45843a
Fri Apr 24 23:02:57 EDT 1998


As some of the list subscribers already know, I teach courses in Japanese cinema at Nagoya University. One of my Ph.D. 
advisees (a Japanese) is preparing a Ph.D. thesis on Taisho era SHIMPA HIGEKI. With only a very few extant films to work 
from, he is heavily relying on such secondary sources as the elaborate plot descriptions available in KATSUDO NO SEKAI et 
al, along with scripts from Shimpa stage performances of the era (also in limited supply). 

Is anyone else out there doing serious work on SHIMPA films ? If you are, it might be a good idea to get you together 
with my grad student so that you can pool ideas and material...

Peter B. High
Nagoya University

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Peter B. High
j45843a at nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp




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