전통 계승의 의미에 관한 비판적 검토 - 일본 전통공연예술에서 여성을 중심으로 -

This article focuses on Japanese traditional performing arts in terms of discontinuity and continuity of tradition. Since the Meiji Reform and the start of modernization, Japanese traditional performing arts such as Kabuki, Noh and Kyogen, Bunraku experienced a discontinuity of tradition. However, a discontinuity of tradition does not mean the sudden stop or disappearance of tradition. Modernization opened a detouring route to continued tradition. Through the lens of various Japanese traditional perform in g arts, this article reviews the old issue of “discontinuity of tradition vs. inheritance of tradition” with a special focus on how the performing arts have experienced a change of identity, expressed changing attitudes towards gender, and continued popularity.