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The Man Who Saved Kabuki - Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan (Paperback)
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The Man Who Saved Kabuki - Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan (Paperback)
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As part of its programme to promote democracy in Japan after World
War II, the American Occupation, headed by General Douglas
MacArthur, undertook to enforce rigid censorship policies aimed at
eliminating all traces of feudal thought in media and
entertainment, including kabuki. Faubion Bowers (1917-1999), who
served as personal aide and interpreter to MacArthur during the
Occupation, was appalled by the censorship policies and anticipated
the extinction of a great theatrical art. He used his position in
the Occupation administration and his knowledge of Japanese theatre
in his tireless campaign to save kabuki. Largely through Bowers's
efforts, censorship of kabuki had for the most part been eliminated
by the time he left Japan in 1948. Although Bowers is at the centre
of the story, this translation from the original Japanese treats a
critical period in the long history of kabuki as it was affected by
a single individual who had a commanding influence over it. It
offers details about Occupation censorship politics and kabuki
performance while providing yet another perspective on the history
of an enduring Japanese art form.
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