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Professor Andrew Gerstle

BA(Columbia) MA(Waseda) PHD(Harvard)

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Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea

(Professor of Japanese Studies)

Japan Research Centre (JRC)

(Member, Japan Research Centre)

Centre for Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies (CCLPS)

(Member)

Japanese literature, drama and thought, primarily of the Tokugawa period, with particular interest in Bunraku and Kabuki theatre and the plays of Chikamatsu

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Professor Andrew Gerstle
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Interests / Disciplines

Literature; theatre

Teaching

Research

Japanese traditional theatre

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Available for
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Regional Expertise
  • East Asia
Country Expertise
  • Japan
Languages
  • Japanese

Publications

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Authored Books

Gerstle , Andrew (2007) Kinsei enpon shiryo shusei IV: Tsukioka Settei 1: 'Onna shimegawa oeshi-bumi. [Collected Erotic Texts of the Early Modern Period IV: Tsukioka Settei 1: ‘Love Letters and a River of Erect Precepts for Women’]. Kyoto: Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyu Centre.

Gerstle , Andrew and Yano, A. and Clark, T. (2005) Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage 1780-1830. Honolulu: British Museum Press & University of Hawai'i Press.

Gerstle , Andrew (2001) Chikamatsu: Five Late Plays. New York: Columbia University Press.

Chapters in Books

Gerstle, Andrew (2002) 'The Heike and the Island of Women.' In: Shirane, H, (ed.), Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology 1600-1868. Columbia University Press, pp. 392-410.

Gerstle, Andrew (2002) 'Chushingura: Kanpei's Suicide.' In: Shirane, H, (ed.), Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology 1600-1868. Columbia University Press, pp. 301-313.

Gerstle, Andrew (2002) 'Osaka Kabuki Actor Prints: Artists as Patrons.' In: Yonemura, A, (ed.), Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection. Arthur Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, pp. 15-23.

Gerstle, Andrew (2002) 'Gappo at the Crossroads.' In: Shirane, H, (ed.), Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology 1600-1868. Columbia University Press, pp. 435-448.

Gerstle, Andrew (2002) 'Joruri o yomu: ima to mukashi.' In: Torigoe, B, (ed.), Jorurishu (Shinpen Nihon Bungaku Zenshu series, no. 77). Shogakukan, pp. 3-5.

Gerstle, Andrew (2000) 'Takemoto Gidayû to Osaka engeki no kojinshugi.' In: Osamu, Wakita and L, T, (eds.), Kinsei no Ôsaka. Osaka Daigaku Shuppankai, pp. 149-183.

Gerstle, Andrew (1999) 'Takemoto Gidayu and the Individualistic Spirit of Osaka Theatre.' In: McClain, J and Wakita, O, (eds.), Osaka: the Merchant''s Capital of Early Modern Japan. Cornell UP, pp. 104-124.

Gerstle, Andrew (1998) 'Gidayu Botsugo no Chikamatsu: Kokusenya kassen, Kanhasshu tsunagi-uma.' In: Torigoe, B, (ed.), Kabuki Bunraku Vol. 8 Chikamatsu no jidai. Iwanami Shoten, pp. 165-186.

Articles

Gerstle , Andrew (2005) 'The Culture of Play: Kabuki and the Production of Texts.' Oral Tradition, 20 (2). pp. 188-216.

Gerstle, Andrew (2005) 'Zuhan kaisetsu’.' Ukiyo-e geijutsu, 150 . 64-5, 69-70, 70-1.

Gerstle, Andrew (2005) '‘Kamigata yakusha to haikai, kyôkaren: shodai Arashi Rikan to sono hiiki tachi’.' Ukiyo-e geijutsu, 150 . pp. 6-23.

Gerstle, Andrew (2005) '‘Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage: 1780-1830’.' Arts of Asia, vol. 35 (5) . pp. 87-99.

Gerstle, Andrew (2005) '‘Nichi-ei kôryû: “Ôsaka kabuki-ten – yakusha to toshi bunka”.' Waseda daigaku engeki hakubutsukan, 93 . pp. 18-23.

Gerstle, Andrew (2002) 'Representing Rivalry and Transition in Kabuki: Arashi Kichisaburo II versus Nakamura Utaemon III.' Andon, vol. 72 (73) . pp. 52-64.

Gerstle, Andrew (2001) 'Capturing the Essence of Performance.' Asian Art. (Special Supplement, The Art of Kabuki) . vi-vii.

Gerstle, Andrew (2001) 'Japanese Traditional Theatre in the World.' Pacific Friend, vol. 29 . pp. 26-27.

Gerstle, Andrew (2000) 'Performance Literature: Japanese Theatre as a Model.' Comparative Criticism, 22 . pp. 39-62.

Gerstle, Andrew (1997) 'Heroic Honor: Chikamatsu and the Samurai Ideal.' Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 57, 2 . pp. 307-381.

Gerstle, Andrew (1996) 'Hero as Murderer in Chikamatsu.' Monumenta Nipponica, 51 No.3 . pp. 317-356.

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