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Sewamono (世話物) is a
genre of
contemporary setting plays in ****anese
traditional theatre. The term
applies to both
bunraku and kabuki. The
genre is in contrast...
- class,
sewamono focused primarily upon commoners,
namely townspeople and peasants.
Often referred to as "domestic plays" in English,
sewamono generally...
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short dance pieces,
period plays (jidaimono),
contemporary genre pieces (
sewamono),
tragedies and comedies, as well as
adaptations of
foreign (Western) stories...
- plays,
around 70 are
jidaimono (時代物) (historical romances) and 24 are
sewamono (世話物) (domestic tragedies). The
domestic plays are
today considered the...
- and characters,
often famous samurai battles.
These are in
contrast to
sewamono (世話物),
contemporary plays,
which generally focus on
commoners and domestic...
- productions. The
three main
categories of
kabuki are
jidaimono (historical),
sewamono (domestic) and
shosagoto (dance pieces).
Somewhat similarly, Noh distinguishes...
- gendai-geki
stories are
contemporary dramas set in the
modern world.
Sewamono (世話物) - the
contemporary setting plays of
bunraku and
kabuki Cinema of...
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Sonezaki was Chikamatsu's
first "domestic tragedy" or "domestic play" (
sewamono) and his
first love-suicide play (shinjūmono).
Until this play, the common...
- (Shinjū Ten no
Amijima or Shinjūten no
Amijima 心中天の網島) is a
domestic play (
sewamono) by ****anese
playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon.
Originally written for the...
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during the same period.
Kabuki plays in
contemporary settings were
known as
sewamono. Some
works span
multiple media. The Mito Kōmon Man'yūki (水戸黄門漫遊記) has...
