Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library
Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library
UCLA
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Phone: (310) 825-4836
- Website: http://www.library.ucla.edu/eastasian
The Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library was established in 1948 to support UCLA's teaching and research programs in East Asian studies. The library selects, organizes, and makes available Chinese-, Japanese-, and Korean-language materials, and its staff provides reference and instruction services to optimize access to and use of the collections
Collections at this institution
Kamigata Kabuki Banzuke 上方歌舞伎番付: Woodblock Print Playbills from Western Japan
Kabuki banzuke refers to programs and posters of kabuki performances, which reached a peak of excellence and became one of the most popular theatrical entertainments in Japan from the seventeenth through the late nineteenth centuries. Developed in cities of Edo (Tokyo) and Kamigata, the western and historical heart of Japan (Osaka and Kyoto), they were played in several other cities in Japan during that time. All of the kabuki banzuke held by the UCLA Library came from the theaters of Kamigata and cover a period of nearly 100 years from the Kansei era (1789-1801) to Meiji 10 (1877). The collection ...
Institution: UCLA, Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library
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