Narrating Theatre: The Reality and Context of Japanese No Manuscripts between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period (B10*)

• Subject Area: Asian Studies
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 181924784

This research project examines Japanese manuscripts from the transitional period between the Middle Ages and the early modern period (c. 1550-1650) containing texts and paintings relating to plays staged at Japan¿s N¿ theatres. The aim of the project is to reconstruct the cultural knowledge these manuscripts impart through their texts and pictures and consequently to enable statements to be made about their reception. Features of these works that have only been analysed individually to date such as their format, layout, writing and iconography, will be examined in more detail. This approach will allow us to uncover the cultural practices made possible by the unusual combination of media in these manuscripts: text / picture / theatre.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 950: Collaborative Research Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Jörg B. Quenzer