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| List of Illustrations | |
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| List of Maps | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Notes on Translation and Transliteration | |
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| Notes Regarding Dates | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Village of Kurokawa and Kurokawa No-A Brief Outline | |
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| Geographical Data | |
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| Village Structure and Inhabitants | |
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| Kurokawa's Festivals | |
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| Kurokawa No as a Cultural Property and Challenges for the Village Community | |
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| Materials, Sources, and Data on Kurokawa No | |
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| Outline of the Chapters | |
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| Historical Development of Kurokawa No | |
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| Routes of Transmission-Kurokawa No, Shugendo, and No Theatre | |
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| Early History of Kurokawa No-The Legends | |
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| Kurokawa No During the Edo Period | |
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| The Patronage of the Daimyo of Shonai-Performances in Tsuruoka Castle | |
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| Benefit No (kaicho no) and other Performances | |
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| Making a Difference-Kurokawa No and Performances of other Troupes | |
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| Edo Period Village Life and the Meaning of the Shrine Guild | |
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| Preserving an 'Authentic Tradition'-Disputes within the Village | |
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| Kurokawa and the Village Administration of the Domain | |
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| Kurokawa No during the Meiji and Taisho Periods | |
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| Changes in the Wake of the Meiji Restoration (1868) | |
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| Performances Outside the Village Since the Meiji Period | |
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| Contemporary Village Structure and Forms of Representation | |
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| Kurokawa's Shrine Guild and the No Guilds | |
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| Guild Membership and Guild Leadership | |
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| Hereditary Positions | |
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| Households and Individuals | |
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| Mediating and Competitive Aspects between the Lower and the Upper Guild | |
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| Village Life and the Festivals | |
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| Men-Actors and Musicians | |
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| Women-'Invisible' Supporters | |
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| Children and Young Actors | |
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| Community Life as a Rite de Passage | |
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| The House of Office of the Fan Festival | |
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| Festivals and Events of Kurokawa No | |
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| Festivals and Folk Traditions | |
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| Meaning, Structure and Organization-A Brief Definition | |
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| Approaching Festival Time from a No Theatre Perspective | |
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| Festival 'Stages'-The Kasuga Shrine and the Ogisai | |
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| The Fan Festival | |
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| The Beginning of the Festival and the 'Climbing up to the Shrine' | |
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| Preparing the Tofu and the Mirror Rice Cakes, Inviting the Deities and Receiving a Messenger from the House of Office | |
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| The Descent of the Deities and their Arrival at the Houses of Office | |
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| Preparing the Divine Symbols, Banquets, and the Assembly of the Guilds | |
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| Preparing the No Stage at the House of Office and the All-night Performances | |
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| Heading back to the Shrine, Performances and Competitions in the Shrine | |
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| Other Rituals of the Ogisai | |
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| Staging the Community and Self-representation During the Fan Festival | |
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| Smaller Annual Shrine Festivals | |
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| Decreasing Participation and Shifting Meanings | |
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| Participating in Events-Maintaining a 'Sacred' Image | |
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| The Candle No and the No on Water-Attempts to Attract more Visitors | |
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| Kurokawa NO as a Folk Performing Art | |
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| Notions of Folk Performing Arts and their Terminology | |
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| The Academic Discourse | |
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| Defining a Folk Performing Art | |
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| The 'Essence' of Folk Performing Arts | |
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| Classification Systems-Categorizing Kurokawa No | |
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| Governmental Preservation Measures-Kurokawa No as a Cultural Property | |
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| The Cultural Properties Protection Law and the Festival Law | |
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| The Academic Discourse on the Protection of Cultural Properties | |
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| (Re)Acting as a Cultural Property | |
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| Preservation Societies (hozonkai) and New Transmission Spaces | |
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| Preserving an Authentic' Performance Style-The Example of Kurokawa Kyogen | |
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| Tourist Images of Kurokawa No | |
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| Cultural Tourism in Japan | |
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| Defining Cultural Tourism, Cultural Tourists and the Tourist Gaze | |
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| Cultural Tourism, Authenticity, and Nostalgia | |
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| 'Hometowns' (Furusato) as Tourist Sites and Tourist Campaigns | |
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| Folk Performing Arts and Tourism | |
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| Nostalgic Notions of Kurokawa No | |
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| The Heal' and 'Authentic' Kurokawa No | |
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| Types of Visitors | |
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| Visitors to the Fan Festival | |
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| Participating at the House of Office-Creating a static Audience | |
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| Impact of Tourist Visits on Kurokawa No | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Performances of Kurokawa No Outside the Village During the Edo Period | |
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| Regular Performances of Kurokawa No | |
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| Flow Chart of the Ogisai | |
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| The Ogikoisai of 1843 | |
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| Awards for the Community of Kurokawa | |
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| Honda Yasuji's Classification System of Folk Performing Arts | |
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| Categories of Cultural Properties | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |