Kabuki at the age of The Fifteen Years War

Abstract

Japan was under the wars between 1931 and 1945 (the Fifteen Years War). This paper attempts to see various aspects of kabuki and other plays at that time of Japan through the famous magazine “ENGEI GAHOU”, Graphic Magazine of Plays, which was the most popular theatrical magazine and reflected most moderate opinions at that time. We will find many interesting movements of theatrical world of Japan at the war age.