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Dramatizing Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Japanese Puppet Theatre: Zhuge Liang’s Military Talk on the Three Kingdoms

Dramatizing Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Japanese Puppet Theatre: Zhuge Liang’s Military... <p>Abstract:</p><p> This paper examines Zhuge Liang’s <i>Military Talk on the Three Kingdoms</i>, a Japanese <i>bunraku</i> play adapted from the famous Chinese historical fiction <i>Romance of the Three Kingdoms</i>. It discusses how the playwright recreated the world of the Three Kingdoms, focusing on two themes: loyalty and substitution. By comparing the Chinese original and the Japanese adaptation, it illuminates what kinds of efforts the playwright has made for dramatization, and how he transformed Three Kingdoms to reflect Japanese values and aesthetics. Meanwhile, this play provides a complement to <i>The Battles of Coxinga</i>, the best-known <i>bunraku</i> play with a historical setting, for our understanding of how “China” was conceived of by Japanese authors. The <i>Battles of Coxinga</i> is often considered to demonstrate the rise of national awareness and change in the Japanese attitude toward China at the time. This play shows that the traditional representation of the Sino-Japanese relationship still remained in some of the literary works during the transitional period. </p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Dramatizing Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Japanese Puppet Theatre: Zhuge Liang’s Military Talk on the Three Kingdoms

Xie, Kai
Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 34 (1) – Feb 15, 2017
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<p>Abstract:</p><p> This paper examines Zhuge Liang’s <i>Military Talk on the Three Kingdoms</i>, a Japanese <i>bunraku</i> play adapted from the famous Chinese historical fiction <i>Romance of the Three Kingdoms</i>. It discusses how the playwright recreated the world of the Three Kingdoms, focusing on two themes: loyalty and substitution. By comparing the Chinese original and the Japanese adaptation, it illuminates what kinds of efforts the playwright has made for dramatization, and how he transformed Three Kingdoms to reflect Japanese values and aesthetics. Meanwhile, this play provides a complement to <i>The Battles of Coxinga</i>, the best-known <i>bunraku</i> play with a historical setting, for our understanding of how “China” was conceived of by Japanese authors. The <i>Battles of Coxinga</i> is often considered to demonstrate the rise of national awareness and change in the Japanese attitude toward China at the time. This play shows that the traditional representation of the Sino-Japanese relationship still remained in some of the literary works during the transitional period. </p>

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Asian Theatre Journal – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Feb 15, 2017

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