전통의 다양성에 대한 소고(小考) - 일본 도쿄 공연예술계의 혼종성을 중심으로

This article examines the diversity of traditions focusing on the traditional performing arts in Tokyo, Japan. Regional differences offer not only different performances but also offers different experiences of the same art to the audience. In Asakusa, Engei performances in small theaters called yose brings a different experience for the audience who often go to the National Engei Theater. Gidayubushi which is dominated by men in ordinary kabuki performances, is regularly performed by women in Ueno. Gender difference create a new genre of performing arts such as the Takarazuka revue, which appears as a counterpart to kabuki in today’s market of performing arts. Today’s diversity of genres in traditional performing arts is driven from several hybrids of Japanese traditional arts and Western arts of the Meiji era. This article argues that diversity of tradition is compatible with authenticity of tradition and contributes to inheritance of tradition.