J Scott Miller
Biographic Data
| ID | 5142561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Scott Miller |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller |
| SIGNATURE | MILLER J S |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5047-4130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Tokyo Anthology
The city of Tokyo, renamed after the Meiji Restoration, developed an urban culture that was a dynamic integration of Edo's highly developed traditions and Meiji renovations, some of which reflected the influence of Western culture. This wide-ranging anthology-including fictional and dramatic works, essays, newspaper articles, political manifestos, and cartoons-tells the story of how the city's literature and arts grew out of an often chaotic and …
From Madness To Murder
When General Grant was visiting Japan in 1879, Ichikawa Danjûrô, one of the foremost kabuki actors of the day, portrayed the ex-president as a twelfth-century samurai hero. Six years later the legendary Danjûrô performed a very different role, that of a contemporary ex-samurai forced, through social changes brought about by the Meiji Restoration, to eke out a meager living as an innkeeper. The play itself, Seiyôbanashi Nihon utsushie (A Western T…
Adaptations of Western Literature in Meiji Japan
This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of U.S. Grant recasting him as a Japanese warrior, a Victorian novel reset as oral
Dispossessed Melodies. Recordings of the Kawakami Theater Troupe
T n HE Kawakami Troupe, a Japanese theatrical group that toured the United States and Europe during the first few years of this century, was nothing if not sensational. On two back-to-back European tours the troupe sought and captured the public eye, fundamentally because of the exotic appeal of their Japaneseness, their language, music, costumes, and acting style. But there was more to their exoticism than their being Japanese in an occidental c…
Japanese Shorthand and Sokkibon
The Hybrid Narrative of Kyoden's Sharebon
The Hybrid Narrative of Kyoden's Sharebon
Japanese Shorthand and Sokkibon
Dispossessed Melodies. Recordings of the Kawakami Theater Troupe
T n HE Kawakami Troupe, a Japanese theatrical group that toured the United States and Europe during the first few years of this century, was nothing if not sensational. On two back-to-back European tours the troupe sought and captured the public eye, fundamentally because of the exotic appeal of their Japaneseness, their language, music, costumes, and acting style. But there was more to their exoticism than their being Japanese in an occidental c…
From Madness To Murder
When General Grant was visiting Japan in 1879, Ichikawa Danjûrô, one of the foremost kabuki actors of the day, portrayed the ex-president as a twelfth-century samurai hero. Six years later the legendary Danjûrô performed a very different role, that of a contemporary ex-samurai forced, through social changes brought about by the Meiji Restoration, to eke out a meager living as an innkeeper. The play itself, Seiyôbanashi Nihon utsushie (A Western T…
Adaptations of Western Literature in Meiji Japan
This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of U.S. Grant recasting him as a Japanese warrior, a Victorian novel reset as oral
A Tokyo Anthology
The city of Tokyo, renamed after the Meiji Restoration, developed an urban culture that was a dynamic integration of Edo's highly developed traditions and Meiji renovations, some of which reflected the influence of Western culture. This wide-ranging anthology-including fictional and dramatic works, essays, newspaper articles, political manifestos, and cartoons-tells the story of how the city's literature and arts grew out of an often chaotic and …
History (6 works) · Japanese History and Culture (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Japanese literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Appeal (1 work)