The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan - Okamoto Shiro - Books - University of Hawai'i Press - 9780824824419 - April 1, 2001
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The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan

Okamoto Shiro

The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and Theatre Censorship in Occupied Japan

After World War II, American occupation forces undertook to enforce censorship policies aimed at eliminating all traces of feudal thought in media and entertainment, including kabuki. Faubion Bowers used his position in the Occupation administration to campaign to save kabuki.


248 pages, 12 illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 1, 2001
ISBN13 9780824824419
Publishers University of Hawai'i Press
Pages 248
Dimensions 264 × 187 × 31 mm   ·   1.18 kg
Translator Leiter, Samuel L.