Resources on performing arts in Japan

Books on performing arts in English and French
– A history of Japanese theatre, Jonah Salz (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2016
– A history of butô, Bruce Beard, Oxford University Press, 2022
– Nouvelle histoire de la danse, Laura Cappelle, Seuil, 2020
– Yano, un artiste japonais à Paris, Chantal Aubry, CND, 2008
– Ecrits sur le théâtre, Yukio Mishima, Atelier Akatombo, 2023

Periodicals
– テアトロ (Teatro), monthly review on theatre in Tokyo and Japan, published on the 13th of each month, recommended spectacles until the middle of the following month, Best 3 theatre plays of the past month, thematic articles and scenarios. Mostly recommends plays in Tokyo, short list on Western Japan (Osaka/Kyoto)
– 悲劇　(Tragedy and comedy), bimonthly review on theatre, themes, essays, interviews and scenarii
– 東京人 (tokyojin), monthly review with regular special issues on performing arts (e.g. 12/2024 : Let us go to the theatre).

Websites and webresources
– https://tokyostages.wordpress.com/
– Performing arts network Japan
– Resources on dance
– JSTOR

Museums and other places
– Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku, Tokyo, Waseda)

Books, translated plays
– Les tragédies bourgeoises, Chikamatsu, trad. René Sieffert, 1991
– Cinq jours en mars, Toshiki Okada, Les solitaires intempestifs, 2010
– Théâtre, Yukio Mishima, Atelier Akatombo, 2023