This paper examines some Japanese performing arts sent to the United States in the 1950s, especially focusing on the first visit of gagaku troupes, the troupe of dancers and musicians from the Japanese Imperial Household to the United States in 1959. There were various factors which made the gagaku visit possible.
In the mid-1950s, there was a so-called “Japan Boom” in the United States. Realizing the importance of the Japanese arts which could inspire the western arts, some American artists and intellectuals worked to promote the attractiveness of the Japanese arts to American citizens. The Japanese performing arts were not an exception. The nihon-buyo performance so-called Azuma Kabuki in 1954 strengthened the interest in the Japanese traditional arts among some American citizens.
The artistic interest of Lincoln Kirstein in the Japanese arts was the important factor in the realization of the gagaku visit. As general director of the New York City Ballet, Kirstein thought the music and dance of gagaku would have a good influence on western performing arts. Although he could not get financial support from the U.S. government and the Rockefeller Foundation, he realized the project by cooperating with the Japanese government which became interested in exporting the Japanese culture abroad at that time.
The success of the gagaku visit show that some Americans in the 1950s sought the traditional Japanese culture which was not Americanized. This fact made the Japanese proud of their traditional culture, which resulted in the increase in exportation of the Japanese arts abroad.
内容記述
論文
Articles
雑誌名
アメリカ太平洋研究 = Pacific and American studies
ページ
93 - 110
発行年
2020-03
ISSN
13462989
書誌レコードID
AA11562201
著者版フラグ
publisher
出版者
東京大学大学院総合文化研究科附属グローバル地域研究機構アメリカ太平洋地域研究センター
出版者別名
Center for Pacific and American Studies, Institute for Advanced Global Studies, The University of Tokyo
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1950年代の日本舞台芸術とアメリカ : 1959年アメリカ雅楽公演を中心に
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