Lecturer: Hosoi Naoko Profile: Professor at Rikkyo University Abstract: This lecture, titled “Not Modernization, but Modernity—The Contemporaneity Structure of Kabuki,” seeks to rethink the relationship between traditional theatre and the notion of “the modern.” The speaker will first trace her research trajectory from Chinese traditional opera to Japanese Kabuki and modern theatre culture, advancing the core argument that theatre need not be “modernized,” because theatre itself already possesses modernity. The lecture will then examine the historical formation of Kabuki — originating in popular entertainment and rural ritual activities, gradually entering the urban mass-cultural sphere. Through modernization, the rise of theatre … Continue reading Academic Lecture (272): “Not Modernization, but Modernity—The Contemporaneity Structure of Kabuki”