Full Description
This work explains how and why Japan supports a community of professional dancers, musicians, production companies, and visual artists that has nearly tripled in size during the past 25 years. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*A NOTE OF THANKS, pg. vii*CHAPTER I. Art for Society's Sake, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. A Poverty of Patrons, pg. 28*CHAPTER 3. Arts and the State, pg. 57*CHAPTER 4. Arts to the People, pg. 80*CHAPTER 5. The Visual Arts: Show and Sell, pg. 105*CHAPTER 6. Theater: Playing Safe, pg. 144*CHAPTER 7. Music: Cultivated Clienteles, pg. 181*CHAPTER 8. Dance: Contemporary Classics, pg. 216*CHAPTER 9. The Vertical Mosaic, pg. 244*BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES, pg. 253*SOURCES CITED, pg. 293*INDEX, pg. 311
