Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Part 1: Kabuki’s Foreign Adventure: 1931–1939
6. Chapter One. Prelude to War 3
7. Chapter Two. Kabuki and the Manchurian and Shanghai Incidents 1931–1934 37
8. Chapter Three. Kabuki and the Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937–1938 68
9. Chapter Four .The Darkening Storm 1939 94
10. Part 2: Fruits of Victory: 1940–1942
11. Chapter Five. Kabuki and 2,600 Years of Imperial Rule 1940 113
12. Chapter Six .Confrontation with America and Britain 1941 156
13. Chapter Seven .Japan and Kabuki at the Zenith 1942 188
14. Part 3: Defeat and Survival: 1943–1945
15. Chapter Eight. Kabuki and Japan’s “Decisive Battle” 1943 235
16. Chapter Nine. Kabuki Is a Luxury 1944 262
17. Chapter Ten. The Agony Ends 1945 296
18. Chapter Eleven. War Plays in Kabuki — a Retrospection August 1945 320
19. Part 4 :Kabuki Outlasts the Occupation: 1945–1947
20. Chapter Twelve. Inventing Classic Kabuki 1945–1947 345
21. Notes 357
22. Sources 417
23. Index of Play Titles in English and Japanese 439
24. Index of Kabuki Actors’ Names in the Text 449
25. index 453