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Professor Risley and the imperial Japanese troupe : how an American acrobat introduced circus to Japan, and Japan to the West
- Title
- Professor Risley and the imperial Japanese troupe : how an American acrobat introduced circus to Japan, and Japan to the West / Frederik L. Schodt.
- Author
- Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-
- Publication
- Berkeley, Calif. : Stone Bridge Press, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV550.2.R57 S45 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- The unlikely history of early cross-cultural encounters between the West and Japan, featuring acrobats, jugglers, and a colorful American impresario.... As we were seeing Japan for the first time, Japan was seeing us. Book jacket.
- Subject
- Risley, Richard, 1814-1874
- Risley, Richard, 1814-1874
- Risley, Richard 1814-1874
- Risley, Richard
- Acrobats > United States
- Circus performers > United States
- Circus > United States > History
- Circus > Japan > History
- Circus > Japan > Western influences
- Popular culture > United States
- Popular culture > Japan
- Acrobats
- Circus
- Circus performers
- International relations
- Popular culture
- Zirkus
- United States > Relations > Japan
- Japan > Relations > United States
- Japan
- United States
- USA
- Japon
- Occident
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Setting the stage -- The Risley act -- Going for gold -- Into Asia -- Yokohama, Japan -- Taking America -- At the exposition -- The long way to London -- The matter of the contract -- Final acts.
- ISBN
- 9781611720099
- 1611720095
- LCCN
- 2012031056
- OCLC
- ocn783151593
- 783151593
- SCSB-1694916
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library