Lecture by Frederik L. Schodt on his new book, Professor Risley and the Imperial Japanese Troupe: How an American Acrobat Introduced Circus to Japan--And Japan to the West. (Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2012)
This is part of a lost history, introduced in an award-winning, non-fiction book. In 1867-68, a group of Japanese performers--led by an American acrobat and impresario--took the world by storm, and helped fan the flames of Japonisme.
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