Poetry in Motion - the world of Kabuki dance during Kunisada’s lifetime

Paul Griffith is a scholar on Kabuki. He contributed to the series ‘Kabuki Plays on Stage’ (2002-3) and is co-author of ‘A Guide to the Japanese Stage’(2005). Since 1985 he has been a translator and narrator of the English-language ‘Earphone Guide’ commentaries for Kabuki and Bunraku at Tokyo's Kabuki-za and National Theatre. Paul will illustrate with DVD excerpts the inter-relationship between text and imagery on stage, and on how this may have affected Kabuki fans of Kunisada's time when they purchased actor prints.